Baby Summer!

It all started when I saw this somewhere online.
I just googled it, and this doll quilt can be found here.

I loved how the simple blocks made a fun design when put together.

And, I loved how it was done with just 2 colors.

I searched and found out how to make the blocks.

I liked this video tutorial.

And, this way of figuring out what size to cut the squares for making the blocks.

I was thinking of anyone that pattern would be fun to make for.

Kelly had 3 good friends in high school who were all a great influence and great friends to her.

They were all 2 years ahead of her, I think.

All 3 got married a couple years ago, and all 3 had their first babies due this summer.

one girl, two boys

I sewed MANY blocks in raspberry, gray, and navy.

I have no filter when making blocks for a quilt.

I make far too many blocks for just one quilt, so this time I ended up with a few extra baby quilts.

First was raspberry for Baby E.

It was fun to lay the blocks out.

 My awesome birthday scissors from Daniel.

Trying to figure out borders

When I cut so many grays, some didn't look too good together on the same quilt.

So, I made a few gray quilts.

This one actually ended up being for a different baby than the 3 I mentioned earlier.

Baby O got this one.

I didn't have the right amount of border fabric to have it be the same all the way around, so I did some thread art.

That was fun, my family thought I was genius, and it made the quilt!

 Back of Baby O's quilt

 Baby E's quilt was the first one one, but the last one given.  :)

 This navy one was for Baby M, but it didn't feel right, so it's going to go to a special new baby in the next couple weeks.

 There were hundreds of extra squares I trimmed like this.

So, I cut a template, traced it onto all the extras, then trimmed so they're all uniform in size.

These will make several more quilts, rather than just being thrown in the trash.

This was also really nice for a project for me when Lilly had a hospital visit a couple months ago.

It gets really irritating to sit in the ER for hours and get nothing else accomplished.

We've been in the hospital far more than most people.

 playing around with extra blocks

 This one ended up being the right one for Baby M.

The shadows kind of skew the picture though.

 Here are the originally intended 3 quilts together. 

 This is the back of Baby B's quilt.

Llamas fit his mom's family in my mind, for some reason.

It's cute.

Like everything else I make, these quilts aren't perfect, but they add warmth, comfort, and therapy for me while dealing with medical issues and teenagers.  ;)