Two Simple Baby Quilts

 I have not been quilting very much so far this year!  I just haven't been able to get in the mood to work on them.

But, I finally finished two simple baby quilts for two sisters who were having babies.  One was for a boy born in March and the other is for a girl who is due in September.

Both quilts consist of a top that is one piece of fabric.  Both are Winnie the Pooh themed!

Here is the boy quilt made for Max:

The girl's quilt made for Aliza:

This one consists of pre-cuts from Walmart.  The Winnie the Pooh fabric comes in a one yard pre-cut and the backing is made from 4 coordinating fat quarters.  The fat quarters picked up the red, gray and yellow colors in the top.  With some careful cutting and sewing I was able to make the binding from one fat quarter.  It was so close to not being enough though!

Confession:  I had a small area of pleating on the back of this one.   I noticed it, but really don't think a non-quilter would.  But, I was able to strategically place the quilt label over that area!

I feel that when Fall and Winter weather arrive, I will be back to my normal quilting self. 

Repairing the "Gentlemen's Quarters" Quilt

 

This post is linked to Alycia Quilts-Quiltygirl - Finish or not.

Here it is April 2nd in a new year!  So far I have no new quilt finishes, but one baby quilt is in progress and one OLD quilt has been repaired.

The old quilt is the very well loved quilt I made my son years ago, using his old jeans and flannel.  It has always been one of my favorites.  Y'all!  It is so soft and has a little weight to it.  It has been washed and dried so many times!

You can see a post from 2007 showing this quilt HERE.  I also posted a tutorial for this pattern HERE.  I really love this pattern

Here are pictures showing how it has been well used!

 

 

Below are pictures of how I made the repairs:

I now know better than to use recycled denim for binding....  I removed the old binding which was very worn and was a very time consuming job.

I would never hand quilt through denim again, but I did on this quilt.  Lots of the hand quilting stitches had come loose or the threads had broken.  As a result, there was no way to make the top lay flat EVER again.  In a few places I simply folded over the excess and sewed it down.  I also sewed straight quilting lines with the sewing machine across the whole quilt.

Here I was sewing on the new binding and thought I'd share how close I came to having exactly enough binding.  Had to sew some more on there!

And look how much thread was left on that spool as I came to the end of sewing on the binding. 

Here I was hand sewing down the binding on the back of the quilt on a cold day.  This is probably the coziest quilt I've ever made.

In the process of machine quilting lines on the quilt.

I hand sewed new patches on top of the ripped ones and also hand sewed rows of blocks back together.   Also, some holes were patched in several places.  Then all the new fabrics were machine sewn down as well.

I somehow must have deleted photos I took of the quilt after the repairs were all completed, but I'm sure you get the idea.  It definitely wouldn't win any awards for beauty or precision piecing, but its back together and back in use by my son and his wife.  I really should make him a new one with the same pattern and similar fabrics and that is on my mental list of new projects to dream about.