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
Very nice. I like the size of this better than the Lone Star. I prefer to make larger baby quilts so they are at least around through the toddler dragging years
Help! I have 2 4-1/2 x 32-1/2 strips if background fabric that I do not see where they should be placed. I have 12 rows and used 2 as rows 2 and 11. Please advise!
Same thing happened to me! I think I will add them to top and bottom so essentially will become row 1 and 14. Might cut them down so they become border like the sides….maybe 3 inches.
Thanks, Lisa! I did not use them, but that was a good idea!
I have the scraps…now if I can find the time! 🙂 I love this pattern!
What a great quilt! I’ve added this to my ever-lengthening list of quilts to make. 😉
Just what I love! Intelligent scrapping–aka something I could manage to do. It is beautiful and I await the next installment. Thanks you a bunch.
Dear Judy. That’s such a pleasure. Part 2 is now published. Enjoy!
Susie
I love this pattern when will part 2 be published please
Dear Josey, thank you for your interest. Part 2 has just been published. Susie
How do you print the pdf for babylove. Thelma
Hello Thelma
There is a print button towards the bottom of all posts. Press it and then choose pdf printer from the options.
Susie
Love this
This was so wry precious! Superb thoughts!
Thank you Pat!
I Love this quilt and colors!
Would love this pattern…when do you plan on the second half?
Dear Maady,
Part 2 will be published very soon.
Hi Susie, I’m looking to contact you and I hope this message ends up in the right place. We are a publishing company specialized in Patchwork & quilting magazines & books. We really like your work and we would love to publish some of your designs. Could that be something that would interest you?
This is so adorable I can’t wait to start making one.