Handmade Baby Quilts

T-Shirt Quilts For a Lifetime of Memories

! Thanks to Grandma, I now can give back to others with my talents, she gentled seeded so many years ago. None gives me greater pleasure than to do memory t-shirt quilts, as I did for the Mom and step-father of one of my former students, Troy, who was taken from all of us too early in life. As I sat and cut, measured, sewed, and gently hand quilted each t-shirt of his life, I too recalled his many days in my classroom. “Quilts are like friend, a great source of comfort.” Continue Reading T-Shirt Quilts For a Lifetime of Memories

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T-shirt Quilt and Directions

A t-shirt quilt story and directions for making your own quilt.
You have a dresser drawer or closet full of old t-shirts. It is time to clean out and make room for going shopping for those after 4th of July sales. Maybe you just find it is just time to clean but you really don’t want to part with those shirts after all these years. Like pictures, t-shirts hold memories of a time when…
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Baby Quilt Patterns

New baby quilt patterns are on the top of my list now that summer is here.
I use to say, “Sew much fabric, sew little time,” but I can’t use that excuse now. I teach during the school daytime, and since the school year ended, I do have some extra hours on my hands. My thoughts are like many who would like to make their own baby quilt, where do I start?
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Need a New Baby Quilt Pattern?

Need a new baby quilt pattern?
A new baby is on the way and this Grandma is excited. The ultrasound shows that it is a girl and Mom and Dad are busily picking out colors and deciding on names, as they make plans for their new addition. Yet this Granma is hesitant. Should I start a pink baby quilt for a little girl or one with flowers, butterflies or maybe lavender quilt with some ruffles?
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Looking for a New Idea for Designing Baby Quilts?

Looking for a New Idea for Designing Baby Quilts?
Designing your next new idea for baby quilts can be the hardest part of the process of making a special newborn baby gift or maybe a baby shower gift for that special mother-to-be. However, where do those original designs, color patterns, or unique heirloom quality unique handmade baby quilts emerge?
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Proven ways of searching for a Baby Shower Gift?

How hard can it be to find a baby shower gift?

The invitation arrived for a special friend or maybe your niece or granddaughter.

• This means no ordinary shower gift will do for this present has to be unique, special, and stand out at the shower

• One that will not be tossed aside after a few statement of “Wow how nice,” or “So cute,” and then be forgotten in the pile with the other baby shower gifts.

• One that will bring has everyone at the baby shower passing your baby gift around for all to see and touch. • One that will bring tears of your to the eyes of the new mom, as she visualizes her new baby with this new baby cuddled in the new gift

• One that won’t get put into a dresser drawer to be forgotten after the thank you note has been written and the tags removed.

• One that the baby won’t outgrow in a few weeks or even a month because babies tend to grow so fast at those early stages.

• One that the new mom won’t already have the same gift or get one at the shower maybe in a different color or pattern design.

Now were does such a baby shower gift exist?

Think of your own small child and remember those good times and what they kept snuggled close by with them at night, dragged around daily until it was so thread bare you were afraid to wash it for fear their precious treasure may just not hold together.
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Baby quilt patterns are SEW special.

Baby quilt patterns are SEW special.
Designing a unique baby quilt is always a challenge for the experience quilter, who is looking for a new and different idea from the usual and typical design in their pattern collection or the novice quilter, who is just beginning to jump into the wonder world of quilting and is looking to find a simple pattern to complete their first project. Either way the pattern design is so special and needs your utmost consideration.
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Naming The Baby Quilt

Choosing a name for your quilt is SEW important.
Love and care goes into each quilt. Each stitch, each piece of carefully chosen fabric takes time to lovingly create a baby quilt. Why not take time to name your quilt? To keep a quilt part your family, an heirloom, the name becomes important. Quilts stand the test of time, and so it will continue to bring warmth for years to come. The name for the quilt should be given great consideration.
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