My brother-in-law's second son was born in September. As soon as I heard
it was a boy, I went shopping for boy-appropriate quilt material (I know gender shouldn't matter when picking colours but I was definitely going to make it all pink if he had been a girl. Sorry, gender-neutralism). I
picked out a bright blue minky fabric for the back/border, and various complimentary fabrics for the "squares". I really like the elephant one, probably because it
reminds me of my favourite childhood blankie that had a somewhat similar
elephant print. I also used a few scraps of material from previous
projects. Most of the squares are a soft flannel-ish cotton, but I also mixed in some satin and minky so that it's more interesting for tummy-time, etc. I made the same style quilt as I did for my brother's baby, but this time I added a satin binding. When my bro- & sis-in-law had their first boy, I made him a quilt and added an "A" for Aiden. So naturally, on this one I had to add an "L" for Liam! Here are some photos of the sewing process:
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| Pieces cut & laid out |
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| Front sewed together |
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| Basting! |
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| Adding binding |
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| Finished! |
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| Voila! |
