Handmade custom heirloom quilts
This Care Bear Receiving Quilt was made to welcome a good friend’s baby girl into the world. Receiving quilts / blankets are often used in hospitals, birthing centers, and homes to wrap newborns shortly after birth. Swaddling with receiving quilts involves wrapping the baby snugly in the cloth to mimic the feeling of being in the womb, which can help soothe the baby and promote sleep.
An excited Grandmother reached out to me and asked if I could make a quilt using clothes from her grandson’s first year. I happily took the job, and this Baby’s First Year Quilt is the outcome.
This whimsical Minnie Mouse Toddler Quilt was made for a good friend’s little one who loves pink. I used a fleece backing to make it nice and soft. The blocks for this quilt were made by repeating and flipping the same pattern 64 times. Proof that even the most intricate patterns have simple beginnings.
Our neighbors recently brought home their new baby and I made this Winnie the Pooh Quilt to welcome our newest addition to the neighborhood. I used bright and vibrant colors to reflect their family’s energy, and I used my signature meander quilting to hold everything together .
This Nottingham Forest Baby Quilt was made to welcome a new Nottingham Forest football fan into the world. I used hexagons to create a football print, and quilted using a football themed stitching. As a finishing touch, the border of this quilt is made from a real Nottingham Forest jersey. As we say: Come On You Reds!
This Winnie-the-Pooh Baby Quilt went to some friends in Canada to celebrate their new baby. It gets very cold where they live so I wanted to send some warm colors that were also soft and playful. This quilt uses a mosaic pattern of triangles and squares with a Winnie pattern fabric in the center of each block. The binding was made from a batik fabric I got from a local quilt show.
This bold and quirky Pete the Cat baby quilt features James Dean’s Pete the Cat in yellow and blue triangles. The block pattern for this quilt is called ‘flying geese’. Flying Geese is one of my favorite patterns because there are so many ways to layout the shapes.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Scooby Doo and because I’ve always loved the show, I created this Scooby Doo quilt. I used an up-cycled a Scooby t-shirt and added some Scooby themed fabric to make this quilt fun and playful. This quilt is stitched together using glow in the dark thread for a extra bit of spookiness.
Minecraft’s pixelated characters made perfect subjects for this Minecraft Kid Size Quilt. In this quilt, Minecraft’s main hero Steve is joined by game characters like a pig, a cow, an endermen, and a ghost. The border and the backing of this quilt are made from Minecraft print fabrics.
Minecraft is a computer game in which players exist in a virtual world gathering the tools they need for building and combat. It was first made public in 2009, and today it is arguably the world’s most popular game.
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