Two More Baby Quilts

I made a few more modern-looking baby quilts for friends, and thought I'd share. In fact, I thought I failed to take a picture of the first one, which was a bummer because I love it, but hey! I had pictures of it all along, just waiting to be posted. Both of these were made for dear friends in my ward, whose babies have arrived now, and I'm super super pleased they have evidence of my adoration, ready-made. I'm slightly obsessed with these solid-color quilt tops. I wish wish wish I could make one for the baby I'm growing, but she'll have to settle for a similarly-themed crocheted blanket. Perhaps I'll provide a sneak-peak of that soon? We'll see. The verdict is still out as to whether I'm not totally destroying it.

And now, a bunch of pictures.

These were the colors of baby's nursery: coral, gray, and light blue. The pattern was inspired by this quilt, which I found while pinteresting. 

There was some discussion as to whether black was appropriate for a baby quilt. I decided to go for it, and I loved the way it helped define the space.

I was a bit stumped on what to do for binding, since what I had bought didn't seem to fit the mellowness of the quilt. I ended taking what was left of the main fabrics and making binding out of those, and I really really love how it turned out.

The fabric I used on the back was my first foray into online fabric shopping, since I knew I wanted gray and the store I was at had a dismal collection. I was not disappointed with my online fabric shopping. I will be doing more of that. 

The mama for this quilt didn't have any color requests, but I was getting a bright color vibe.  The pattern was inspired by this quilt, which I also found while pinteresting. It's basically a single giant log cabin block.

This quilt actually had a twin, which was for another friend who wasn't finding out the gender of her baby, so it was lovely and gender-neutral. But ... I forgot to photograph it before giving it away.

I got put on bed rest days after I made my quilt sandwich and before I had a chance to bind it. I stared at it for a week, sad I couldn't finish it, then pulled myself together and did it by hand. It took for-ev-er, but gosh it's a lovely effect to hand bind it. The stitching is nearly invisible. (Thought I'm very afraid it will just fall apart. I hope not.)

Wish I would have managed a closer shot of the handbinding. This is a close as I got, but you can sort of see what I mean? It was kind of cool to slow way down and experience the process in slow motion. Quilting is a beautiful process.