Making a Baby Quilt – Grandma’s Advice on Color
Grandma was always right on her secret advice for use of color in a baby quilt, so here are a few more suggestions she revealed about color choices for your next baby quilt.
Handmade Baby Quilts
Baby Quilt Design – Grandma’s Advice
Another new day is an opportunity for Mother Nature to turn her colors back on and for Grandma that meant designing a baby quilt.
There is an endless possibility of color and fabric choices available to quilters. Grandma’s advice will lead you to mix and match, blend and complement the colors and fabrics that will best fit your baby quilt pattern.
Waiting For the New Baby Quilt to Arrive
I can remember those long last days waiting for a new baby to arrive. Wait – I meant baby quilt!
The Birth of a New Baby Quilt
Time sew on the a new baby quilt!
Just like the birth of a new baby, the birth of a new quilt is an exciting time. There are some important facts to consider before the materials says hello to your machine and a quilt starts to form.
Choosing A Name for A Baby Quilt
Do you believe in “Once Upon A Time”?
The fabrics are just right, the colors for the baby quilt are the ones blend perfectly, all seams and points are matching, and you have the last stitches on the border in place. It is time to name the quilt.
Fancy Quilt Binding
Fall in Love with a Fancy Binding
You have mastered the art of straight and bias binding but is there more than just a straight edge to your finished baby quilt?
Choosing a challenging binding involves time commitment, extra fabric, and some advanced planning to make sure the binding fits the baby quilt.
Binding Us Together
Love is the thread that will continue binding us together.
In a baby quilt the binding is the last part that keeps those raw edges from showing and adds the finishing touches to your project.
Coloring A New Baby Quilt
In my earlier life, the floor in my house was always covered with toys from my three wonderful sons and my lovely daughter. No matter how hard I tried to keep that floor clear, their creative minds had a new game or an invention that just had to be built or designed.