baby blankets

I love babies. And I love making them blankets. Here are a few I've made in the past year:

1. This was made for my best friend's baby girl who has yet to be born and/or named. :) (She should be arriving any day, though!) I used a mix of fabric by Amy Butler's Midwest Modern collection along with complimentary blue, yellow, and pink chenille, and pink flannel. I appliqued the center of the pinwheels and used pink chenille for the backing. I quilted the blanket by following the straight seams as well as going around the circles. For the finishing step I sewed on the bias tape - which I had made using a coordinating Amy Butler fabric.

2. This little beauty was made out of several scraps of fabric I had on hand. And went to, of course, another baby girl.
3. And here is the rag quilt I made for my baby girl, Norah, who was born in Jan. '09. I was so excited after we had our ultrasound and were told that, after having two boys, we were finally expecting our first girl. I immediately went out and bought some pink clothes and the pinkest fabrics I could find to make her a blanket. Each square is lined with three layers of muslin and then quilted. I used a pink chenille backing. The tedious part of these types of quilts is the time it takes to cut out all of the muslin and the time it takes to snip the 1/4" seems.