Naomi's Quilt

Remember Spencer? Adorable little Spencer who got this quilt?

Well, he's a big brother now and his little sister, Naomi, got her own quilt this week. I started with a design of X's and O's in my brain and what came of that wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but I think turned out pretty good.  Check it out:

Here they all are, laid out on the bed.

 

And here's the front, all finished with borders and everything

Since there was so much pink on the front, 

I thought a nice contrasting color for the back would be green.

 

 This isn't a great shot, but you can see that it 

pairs nicely with the front and the border fabric.

And of course, no baby quilt gets out 

of my house without a little embroidery

  Here is a close up of the green back and you can see how delicate and pretty the fabric is

And here's our girl!

 What a cutie-pie!

Jayden's Crazy Baby Clothes Pillow

I had some scraps left over from the quilt so I was able to put together a pillow for Jayden as well.


All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A pillow like this would be priced at $100.

Finished Mar. 2012

Jayden's Crazy Baby Clothes Quilt

My niece, Jayden, has finally started growing out of her baby clothes so the time had come to make a quilt out of them!

A close up of a few squares...

And of course the quilt as a whole
(which I think never photographs as well as the close ups)

For the back, her parents sent a bunch of receiving blankets. Rather that just piece them together in big chunks, I decided to try again the striped look that I like so much in ties.

On the sides of the stripes are big blocks of thicker blankets
with professional embroidery.

Overall I think it turned out really cute.

All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $550.00.

Finished March 2012

Tara's Baby Blankets

Tara asked me to make her a couple of baby blankets edged with her wedding gown. I was so excited to give this a try. We found some really cute fabric on Etsy.com, I bought backing from my regular fabric store and when the dress arrived I was ready to begin.

For both blankets I had to lay out the bottom piece, the batting, and then the top piece.

Then I trimmed around the edges so that all three pieces were the same size.

After pin-basting I quilted them and started the dress edging.

All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. Blankets like these would be priced at $150.00 each.

Finished August 2011

Heidi's Quilt

A new crazy baby clothes quilt is underway, but this one's a little different. Heidi asked me to incorporate her wedding dress in with her daughter's baby clothes. What an idea, huh?

Here's the stack of cut-up clothes

The first square

And here are about six squares laid out together on the bed. The ducks just kill me every time. So incredibly cute...especially with an umbrella.

Here the squares are trimmed and sewed together.

A "needle" is an arm's length of thread, threaded through a needle, folded in half and knotted. It yields about 7" of stitching. I went through 208 needles this weekend and had to tape my index finger from all the damage. It was totally worth it.

Aaaand, we're done:

All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $950.00.

Finished May 3, 2011

Spencer's Quilt

It's rare that I post pictures of my clients (if you don't count Tarrah and Susie...), but Spencer is just too cute, that I had to.

Look at that face! Adorable, right?

So, I'm making him a quilt. I found the fabric on etsy.com and I've been cutting for weeks. I got sick after Thanksgiving and I took a break but I finally finished today!

First Stack

Second Stack

Third Stack

Fourth Stack

Since each side will be a "front" (that is, there won't be a front and a back because I have enough fabric to do a beautiful "face" on both sides) here's one side laid out.

And here's the same side put together...

...and a close up of the embroidery




Those are supposed to be birds in the upper right-hand corner. :-)

And here's the other side

close up:

All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $400.00, which includes the embroidery.

Finished February 27, 2010

ETA: Spencer's dad sent these over and they're just too cute not to post:

This one just kills me. I am so in love with this kid!

Tarrah's Crazy Baby Clothes Pillow

I used scraps from the crazy baby quilt (made out of niece Tarrah's baby clothes) to do a pillow. It started out as a "let's see if this is even possible" project and very quickly became a "I will finish if it kills me" project. Luckily, it didn't kill me, which is good because Tarrah's got a birthday coming up!








All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A pillow like this would be priced at $100.

Finished Aug. 2009