I started my new job in January and one of my coworkers is having a baby. I haven’t had many reasons to make a baby quilt since I started quilting. I really liked this pattern and I thought downsizing it would make a pretty cute, easy baby quilt.
At this size I needed one 42 square charm pack (Lady Bird from Moda) and a little bit of yardage to make up the missing 6 squares. I went with a solid blue.
Solid white for the stars and sashing, and a little bit of yardage for the outer border and the backing (which is the same print but peach instead of pink). I wasn’t sure how gender role-y my coworker and her husband were (she doesn’t dress super feminine and pink herself, but people can be weird about kids) so I erred on the side of pink-ish.
Usually I do embroidered labels, but usually I know the recipient a bit better. I didn’t know Baby’s intended name, so I got some generic but cute labels off of Etsy.
Generally I hand quilt and hand sew the back of my binding down, but I was feeling a little crunched for time so I machined it. I’m actually really proud of my thread matching for the binding, it worked out really well.
Gave it at the office baby shower and it went over very well. Best of luck to Coworker and Baby!
Quick Stats:
Prints (including backing & binding): Lady Bird by Crystal Manning for Moda
Blue: Bella Solids Coastal