Jed’s quilt
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.
A gorgeous quilt. I love the colour combinations. The textures are fabulous.
It looks fantastic – I love all your work 🙂 I love seeing your creativity!
Lee x
Looks fantastic Lara and perfect for a little baby. Glad the fabric came in handy too
Wow! Not too late as the cold weather is just starting to come in here. Cherrie
Lovely! It looks very snuggleable!
I’m not surprised they are popular Lara, it’s just gorgeous! What a lovely tradition you have begun.
I’m whipping up some similar basic quilts for my bubba too. I think they’re just as nice as the fancy ones and you don’t have to be all precious about them.
Yours has come up beautifully! Lucky little Jed 🙂
gorgeous as always!! I really do love the contrast of different weight and texture fabrics – and I think this is why the kids love them too. I made a similar but smaller one a few weeks back as I too have been making this type of quilt/blanket for a few years now.
especially love the boy fabrics!
Lx