Since I started quilting I have (very slowly) been making quilts for my nieces and nephews (and boy do I have a lot of nieces and nephews). I started out making them for the younger children - then quickly realised that baby quilts are smaller - so got in fast to make baby quilts for three of the new borns, but still there were three children left (on one side of the family) without quilts.
Sam, was the only remaining member of his particular family without a quilt - and guilt was eating at me. About a year ago, the daughter that knows Sam best, spotted Dr Suess fabric on the shelves. And it was the perfect fabric choice. Sam is high energy, and his name is featured several times over.
But what pattern to use? I made a false start fussy cutting and framing a few images - but it was too fussy, too small and too slow.
And then I saw this super simple baby quilt at Shush I'm Quilting's blog and it was perfect! I made one change, adding white sashing (and green 'Sam I am' sashing in some places) but otherwise the dimensions are the same. I'm really pleased with the end result, it feels exactly right for this particular young man.
I added a joke (just for me). The left hand side second block in, bottom row, is actually Spiderman. You can't really see in the photo above (Note to self: If I'm going to get serious about this blogging thing I need to improve my photography skills!) but I'm pleased with the way it almost blends in, so you only notice it after a couple of minutes.
Many of the fabrics are from the Dr Suess line, but I added in the orange spot and multi-coloured chevron.
The back is minky - my first time using minky as the backing and it worked really well. My kids all LOVE the soft back and are insisting I now make them their own quilt with a minky back - so I'll be repeating this in the future.
It is yet to be delivered to Sam. I need to arrange a weekend trip to him and his family so I can hand it over. Fingers crossed he likes it.
Looks great Anna.
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