When a new baby is joining the family, the grandparents’ pride and pleasure is boundless. How do they express it? With love and affection for sure, but the gift of a home-made baby quilt says volumes about their devotion. They Appreciate the Keepsake Value Grandma herself might still have the lace-edged handkerchief from her mother’s …
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Give your little-lady a baby quilt with friendly frogs. There’s something about frogs that always brings smiles. Whether painted, ceramic, or fabric, the jovial amphibians have always been sure-fire people pleasers. Handmade baby quilts made with a happy family of little frogs help to keep the mood upbeat in cribs. Pale yellow and green squares …
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Let’s face it. Pink is so overdone when it comes to gifts for little baby girls. Sure it’s the traditional color for newly arrived little misses, but smart gift givers might want to shake things up a bit with handmade baby quilts in pale lavender and white. This combination, artfully designed in various patterns with …
Number theme handmade baby quilts make gifting as easy as One Two Three Little girls with confidence have proved they’re equal to boys in math, so start them off early on the road to understanding with numerically designed baby quilts. A one-two-three combination in greens and blues dances across a pink background to get …
When I look at my patchwork quilting today of my baby quilts and then look back to the days of when I started to quilt, it is surprisingly different. Much of what I knew about patchwork quilting came from my grandmother. The patterns I used were much the same as she used cardboard templates that …
You love the softness but you are nervous about sewing handmade baby quilts using minky fabric. The baby quilt can be soft without having a disaster at the sewing machine. Here are a few helpful tips to make your experience with minky go smoothly. Tip#1 Prewash any fabric that will be sewn with the minky. …
