Quilt Made From Baby Clothes Tutorial

With our new baby girl expected in early january i wanted to get the quilt finished as soon as possible.

Quilt made from baby clothes tutorial.

I want to make a keepsake quilt from my favorite among grace s baby clothes. 40 x 54 quilt will take about 30 40 articles of clothing. Stitch in the ditch sew along the edges of your quilt squares. You can also make it from print fabrics if you prefer a scrappier feel to your quilts.

A few patterns to get you started. You ll end up with a border on your existing squares and. Next i found inspiration by looking at other baby clothes quilts online. Baby quilt patterns from quilt blogs.

It s in pdf format. It can be as small or large as you would like. It will appeal to younger parents looking for more modern baby quilt patterns. This quilt pattern has a modern vibe when created using all solid fabrics.

I picked a twin size for mine because aubrey didn t have a larger sized quilt and i had a lot of clothes to choose from. I had clothes i ended up not using. 50 x 60 quilt will take about 40 50 articles of. 1 4 from each seam sew 1 4 from all of your square seams.

From the front there won t be visible seams but on. Planning your baby clothes quilt. 36 x 36 quilt will take about 20 30 articles of clothing. Determine what size quilt you are going to make.

I used the rotary ruler to cut 4 by 4 inches plus seam allowance squares of the onesies. Start with clean items. Sew straight alongside your tape guides. Check out this quilt size guide to get you started.

A little tip as you get closer to the center and theres so much blanket on the inside of your sewing machine arm. Herringbone baby quilt pattern. I started by gathering and sorting the baby clothes in order to find the ones that i really had an emotional connection to. Decide how large of a baby clothes quilt you would like.

Smaller quilts are faster but a twin size will grow with them. Newborn clothes are really tiny and i found it hard to get squares of fabric larger than 4 inches.