super quick + easy baby quilt

Last week I received my favourite kind of mail – fabric mail. The lovely Sarah of Quilt Fabric Delights had sent me a gorgeous box of fabric and it’s lovely to welcome another fabric store onboard as a sponsor. I know the joys and the hard work involved in running an online fabric store and just a small business full stop.

So many gorgeous fabrics and trims rolled into one. Look at the little wooden bobbins. Adorable.

I even got some Tilda fabric and if you’re a Tilda lover then you’ll love this section in the store.

Now with my charity quilting day next weekend and a pattern I wanted to test out before our day I took these two fabrics out today. London Calling by Robert Kaufman and Chevrons by Riley Blake Designs. When you’re making quilts for charity and want to make as many quilts as possible then making them as simple as you can is a bonus. Pretty fabric makes a simple quilt look fabulous!

And the pattern I wanted to use was the super quick + easy quilt from Last Minute Patchwork & Quilted Gifts. Basically you take 2 pieces of fabric and a piece of batting all cut to exactly the same size.

Pin the 2 pieces of fabric right sides together with the batting underneath the fabric. I used a walking foot to sew around all sides leaving a gap of a few inches. Trim corners and turn right side out. Now I top stitch all around the quilt. The pattern doesn’t but I just love the top stitching and keeping it all together.

And the fun bit…..on your machine find a little satin stitch and do them all over the quilt. If I was making this quilt for an older child then I would probably tie it with little bits of perle cotton but that wouldn’t be safe for a baby so this is lovely. And you can go with a contrasting thread on your machine too.

I’m still going with the little stitches but already think this makes a great present for babies and toddlers AND a great way to show off fabulous fabrics like these two.

Thank you so much Sarah and I can’t wait to use the rest of my fabrics.