My grandson arrived 5 weeks early. Thankfully he has done well, and is home from the hospital now. Sadly I was not ready for his arrival. His baby quilt was on my to do list. But had not happened. With the early arrival I went with a simple design. To make it special I decided to add his name with Chenille it. I thought you may like to personalize a child’s quilt you have been working on. So I’ll show you how I did it.
First I went with a simple design. I did this so that the design did not detract from the prisonization I was adding. The design I chose was actually my first pattern, Taffy Pull. It is simple varying widths of fabric cut the length of fabric. Then framed with a large border that contains two blocks in opposite corners. That echo of the center of the quilt.
This design came to be when I made a mistake with my math and was working to salvage the quilt I was working on. I had shown it to the shop owner I was sewing displays for at the time. She loved it! And asked me to turn it into a pattern. That is how this whole thing started. So next time you think you’ve messed up on a quilt. Remember my experience or try this example.
Anyway, after making the top and quilting it. I used a chalk making pen to add baby Noah’s name to the lower corner without the echoing block. Next I stitched two layers of chenille it over the marking. I then bound and washed it. Watch the process in this video.
I’m pretty pleased with the results. I hope baby Noah and his parents will enjoy it.
