Baby Quilts

Blue Squares Baby Quilt

Oct 28, 2013Carmit9 CommentsBaby Quilts4" square quilt, baby quilt, Blogger's Quilt Festival, blue

While I was planning the pink heart quilt (a.k.a. my startled chicken quilt), my former colleague emailed me to ask if I could also make a quilt for a baby boy–her other daughter was expecting in February! I scoured the Internets again for inspiration and found another adorable mini-quilt adorable mini-quilt that I could scale up…

Futzing

Oct 25, 2013Carmit12 CommentsBaby Quilts, Finish it up Friday, Quilted projects

In the past month I’ve felt like I’ve mostly just been futzing around. Nothing was getting done–though lots of things were on the go–and I just felt like I was getting nowhere with my sewing. I had figured that once I quit my job and was home all day I’d be sewing non-stop, but in…

In which I am a creepy stalker

Sep 10, 2013Carmit5 CommentsBaby Quilts, Quilt shows, Quilty giftsbaby quilt, purple, quilty gifts

So you know how your mother always tells you not to talk to strangers? I’ve met (and not met) some of the nicest people online, all of whom were, at one point or another, complete strangers. There was the time I went to New York with two people I’d only known online, and we stayed…

Oscar’s Baby Quilt

Aug 22, 2013Carmit2 CommentsBaby Quilts, Quilted projects, Quilty gifts4" square quilt, baby quilt

This baby is kind of my fault. My friends and former colleagues A and J used to be just A and J until I quit to move to England. Guess who hooked up at my going-away party? And three years later, Oscar arrived, so it was only fitting that I would make him a quilt.…