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XO Baby Quilt



by Alisa

In January, I found out that a friend was about to have a baby boy. I had to make her something to celebrate!  I wanted it to be baby boy-ish and modern. I loved the idea of hugs and kisses for a baby so I chose to do a variation on the X's and O's block from Missouri Star.

I picked the Delfina line from Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts for Andover Fabric. I used the Single Scoops charm pack for the body and Confetti Blue Moon yardage for the binding and backing. I also ordered a yard of the Lady Bug Ivory yardage for a border, but ended up keeping the quilt borderless.


I made the blocks following the tutorial from Missouri Star. I pulled out the blue and beige colors from 2 charm packs (leaving the medium tan patterns behind) and made the blocks by 'snowballing' the light patterns on each side of the blues. I used my new Diagonal Seam Tape by Cluck Cluck Sew to guide my seam.



I played around with a couple of layout options but decided on a square where 36 of the small blocks come together into 9 blocks that show up as a lattice design where you can see both X's (hugs) and O's (kisses). Or is it the other way around?

I put the sandwich together with Hobbs Batting Heirloom Premium Fusible Cotton Blend and a yard of the Confetti Blue Moon yardage and quilted it in a simple straight-line design. Then I  turned it over to my mom to hand-sew on the binding in the same fabric as the backing.


The finished quilt was tiny (perfect for a new baby!) at 28" square.


I sewed up a quick reversible bag from the extra backing and the Lady Bug Ivory yardage (using this tutorial from Sew Very Easy) and sent it off to my friend. It arrived when her little boy was a week old!


Since then, I've heard about another little boy on the way so I'm planning my next baby boy quilt!




Comments

mcgrathquilts.wordpress.com said…
A wonderful present for the baby boy! Thanks for sharing. Katie M
3/01/2020
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