For the Love of Baby Quilts

A quilt is such a perfect baby gift, isn't it?

Small enough to whip up quickly, and the sky's the limit on colors and design - because babies love everything!

Here are some baby quilts I've made for some little sweeties.

I made this as one of two quilts for twin baby girls.

For the second twin baby girl. On the back of each quilt I added one block from the other quilt; so the back of the pinwheels quilt had a heart block, and the back of heart quilt had a pinwheel block. Because 💕 twins!

My Overlapping Color Bars Quilt was for my niece's baby girl. See more here.

The Fancy Forest Baby Quilt was for my nephew's baby boy. See more here.

Another nephew's baby boy got this "Zoology" quilt with hearts.

For my next baby quilt, I would love to work with bold black and white patterns that even a newborn could focus on - perfect for tummy time. I'm thinking Tula Pink's Lineworks would be so much fun for a baby.

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To learn more about these quilts and Diane's other quilting projects, contact her at diane.fitzpatrick@mac.com. And check out her Instagram page.

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