Animal Novelties

This little quilt was made for my friend Macee who is having a little boy next month. Each of the novelty print centers has one or more animals on it. Each novelty print is the center of a square in square block. Each square in square is then framed with a green or gold border. The backing is fleece, making this a soft, cuddly quilt. Size: 36" x 45".

March Guild Quilt

I was easily drawn to this little quilt top at quilt guild the first of the month so brought it home to quilt and finish. The photo may not do it justice. The blues and purples are lovely and the light prints have purple flowers on them. I love blues and purples!

I machine quilted this with diagonal lines of stitching and then folded the backing over to the top (self-binding) and stitched it down. This quilt is approx. 36 x 45". I will take it back to quilt guild at our April meeting and then it will be donated to a local charity. So I don't take all of the credit, this quilt top was pieced by someone else in our guild. Right now I don't know who - but I'll have to ask her to stand and be acknowledged when I show the quilt. She's the one who put all the lovely colors together.

Giant Postage Stamp Quilt

Finding out I had a baby shower coming up soon, I decided to put my giant postage stamp blocks to use. These were 16" blocks (4 of them) that I had from the giant postage stamp round robin I was in last spring and summer. I had made 1 additional block. I put four blocks together, divided the 5th block into 2 halves, stitched them short sides together and stitched the half row onto the bottom of the quilt top. Adding a 2.5" strip on the border, I now had a baby quilt approx. 36" x 45", my favorite baby quilt size. I used a fleece blanket as backing and turned the edges of it over to the top as self-binding.

When one looks closely at the little squares of fabric, there are many novelties fabrics to be found. Here's what went onto my label, in addition to my name, city, state, date and care instructions:

Use your quilt to:
Play a game of “I Spy” and
find a picture.
Find several pictures and
make up a riddle, rhyme or a story.
Snuggle, cuddle or take a nap.
Most of all enjoy it!