Every Baby Needs a Quilt

 Spring is the time for babies,

animal and bird babies.

This is one of the three baby Kestrel Hawks

we had in our birdhouse last year.

This year it seems to be new babies

for nephews and my daughter's best friends.

It was time to get sewing on some 

quilts for these new little ones.

I have a "go to" baby quilt pattern

that I have used for years.

It has a center panel section cut 20 1/2" x 32 3/4".

 

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It allows you to cut two panels from a yard of fabric
and it's a great way to feature some super fun kid fabrics.

Then that panel is surrounded by a border made up of
rails and nine patches.

From two fabrics cut:  In this case
(7) 2" x wof  - blue-fabric 1
(5) 2" x wof - red-fabric 2

Make some strip sets:
blue/red/blue (3)
and subcut: (10) 8 1/4" x 5"
                     (10)  2" x 5"

And then a strip set
red/blue/red (1)
Subcut: (20) 2" x 5"

Sew the 2" x 5" pieces into 9-patches.
They will measure 5" x 5" including sa.

Sew 2 sets together for the sides:
rail/9-patch/rail/9-patch/rail 

These will be sewn to the center panel first.

Sew 2 sets together for the top and bottom:
9-patch/rail/9-patch/rail/9-patch
Then add the top and bottom.

The outer border can really be cut
any size, but I have most commonly used
5 1/2".

On this quilt the border went all around the quilt.

On this one, the printed border piece was too short
so I added a square in the corners.
It's a very flexible pattern!

Here's the basic yardage for one quilt:
fabric one: 1/2 yard
fabric two: 1/3 yard
center panel: 1 yard = 2
Border: 2/3 yard
Binding 3/8 yard -straight of the grain
Backing 1 5/8 yard

The quilt finishes about
40' x 52"

A couple more quilts to sew
and all the new babies

 will have a quilt to call their own.

Until Next Time-