Baby Love Quilt and Pattern

When a lovely young colleague of mine announced that she was expecting, of course, I was keen to make her a quilt for her new arrival.  Having a baby is, after all, a very special life event.  When I was thinking about the design of the quilt I wanted it to represent something special about Mother and Child.  I thought about the child in utero and the love a mother has for her baby and that was how I came up with the idea of the heart inside a heart.  The small baby heart to represent the baby, wrapped in the big heart of her Mother.

This is a quilt made for a baby girl.    I thought for a little girl,  pastel florals would work well.

I think this design would work equally well with brights, novelty prints, a single colour or very scrappy quilt.  It would be adorable in plaids too.

Incidentally I pieced this quilt on my Singer 66 Lotus Treadle C 1923.  Such a pretty machine.

More about this machine here.

Make Your Singer Sing (Part 1)

Finished quilt size;

56 1/2″ x 36 1/2″

It’s a perfect cot sized quilt.

All fabrics have been washed and lightly pressed before commencing.

If you would like to make a Baby Love Quilt, here are the instructions.

Requirements for the quilt

Cutting

Assembling of the Quilt

© Susies Scraps 2016