Over the past few years I have begun my own little tradition of making a chenille square quilt for new babies born to family and friends.  These little quilts are very basic – just chenille and fabric squares sewn together, and the backing fabric just sewn on right sides together and turned and topstitched.  I do often include a thin layer of wadding, but don’t always quilt it.  This time I did.

Don’t look at it too closely – I quilted it without basting first! Surprisingly, there are only a couple of tiny puckers. These are quilts that are tossed onto the ground as a baby mat, dragged around in the back of the car, wrapped up in on cold nights. They have been surprisingly popular.

This quilt is VERY late – Jed was born way back in October! I’ll be handing it over at Easter at our traditional family get-together. I made a similar quilt for each of Jed’s sisters Mia and Zoe.  When I look back at the ones I made in 2007 I can see that my patchwork and quilting skills have improved – I much prefer the ones I’m making now!

The gorgeous backing fabric was a gift from Rachel and it is just perfect for this quilt – and was exactly the right size!  Thanks so much.  I rarely make things for little boys and my fabric stash is heavily weighted to the pink and girly – it was a challenge finding suitable fabrics for this quilt.

Better (very) late than never! Welcome to the world Jed – I look forward to finally meeting you at Easter.