Baby Quilts Using Your Fabric Stash

Steeler's Fan

Baby quilts are a great way to utilize your fabric stash. They're small, so you don't need much fabric and; depending on the pattern, they can come together quickly. For both of these quilts, I was able to use fabric from my stash and use the leftovers to piece the backing. 

Heavensent

A baby quilt is also a great way to test out some tricky blocks or shapes, because you don't need many to complete the top.

For the Heavensent quilt, I used Julie Herman's Candy Dish pattern and her Hex N More ruler as a starting point.

I practiced my curved piecing on the Steeler's Fan quilt. I used the Quick Curve ruler by Jenny Pedigo of Sew Kind of Wonderful and her Crazy Eights pillow pattern as a starting point.

football shape

The Steeler's Fan quilt is for a Mom who is a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan. I googled Steelers' images and their colors and started pulling fabrics, while thinking "baby girl". Notice the football shapes in each block - ooh, clever.

Meandering loops

Allover feather quilting

Allover quilting designs are an excellent choice for baby quilts that will get a lot of wear and tear. I quilted meandering loops on Steeler's Fan and allover feathers on Heavensent. Notice the backings that were pieced using fabrics from the quilt top.

Here's a look at how these quilts started:

Trying different layouts

Deciding on border fabric

A baby quilt is a perfect first-time project: 

• You don't need much fabric 
• You can practice tricky blocks because you don't need to make many (if you get tired of making them, you can throw in some plain blocks or extra borders!) 
• It doesn't have to be perfect or fancy (the baby won't mind) 
• It's a thoughtful gift made by you for a sweet, cuddly baby (what's not to love?) 

Quilt On my friends!