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Making a quilt out of baby clothes.
The first step in making the baby clothes quilt is to find the clothes.
Wow you really explained that in detail i feel less stressed about making my baby girls quilt now.
Check out this quilt size guide to get you started.
Smaller quilts are faster but a twin size will grow with them.
I am saving my favorite outfits for a baby clothes quilt have you.
What kinds of baby clothes can be used.
I had many more than i needed so i went through the box with a very critical eye.
I had clothes i ended up not using.
Lay the baby clothes out in front of you.
The new baby will have plenty of her own clothes.
This process is similar to making a tee shirt quilt.
Cut the patches and strips so that when assembled they make a 12 inch square.
The cost of the quilt covers all materials and labor other than your clothes.
Determine what size quilt you are going to make.
It can be as small or large as you would like.
For example cut nine 4 inch squares from the baby clothes to make one 12 inch square.
Cut patches and strips from the baby clothes and assemble them into the quilting squares.
How to make a keepsake quilt from baby clothes step one.
I picked a twin size for mine because aubrey didn t have a larger sized quilt and i had a lot of clothes to choose from.
It s in pdf format.
Planning your baby clothes quilt.
Start with clean items.
Focus on special sections from each piece of clothing.
Making a quilt out of something as precious as these pieces of clothing scared me a little bit.
36 x 36 quilt will.
I let these onesies stare up at me from their blue shopping bag as i would stare back i took these months to plan and think through how i would attack this quilt.
A second way to make a quilt from baby clothes is to cut squares from the articles of clothing and sew them together.
Simply give us your washed baby clothes and we design a custom quilt piece by piece out of your clothes attach a backing using machine quilting and bind it with a coordinating fabric.
Besides the baby clothes you can use bibs caps socks halloween costumes blankets linens special curtains and nursery items.
I made a goal in the wintertime to make a quilt for our family that we could use for picnics and other outings something that i would feel fine about throwing on the ground and getting dirty so throughout the winter i collected clothes that my youngest had grown out of or that had gotten a little worn out or stained.
Decide how large of a baby clothes quilt you would like.
Baby clothes quilter s ruler or a cardboard square cut to the size you d like you can literally make this out of an old cereal box fusible interfacing baby clothes are often made with stretchy or delicate material and interfacing can help strengthen it to be more hard wearing and easier to work with.
I want to make a quilt that s just for her.
