Nautical Patchwork Baby Quilt

In my last post, I mentioned that I had just completed a couple of custom orders - one of these was a baby quilt.

My lovely customer asked me to make a quilt for her baby boy's first birthday. She said she would like a nautical quilt similar to my red, white and blue quilt........

...... but with a slight change of colour scheme ...... going more for blue, green and white with a touch a red ........ to co-ordinate with the little boy's bedroom........

The quilt was to be a different size and a rectangular shape as the quilt was to fit in the cot so that baby could sleep on top of it.

This soooo jogged memories of my own two baby boys who always used to end up sleeping on top of their bedclothes ........ I used to put them to bed in little fitted sleeping bags :)

For my lovely customer's baby quilt, I made the patchwork top from squares in a diagonal pattern......

..........with a navy polka dot binding.....

I'm so pleased with the colours and patterns ...
.... so boaty and boyish ...
.... bright and cheerful ....
... fabulous together, don't you think?

The backing was made from the blue and white stripe with jolly red anchors.....

...... rolled up.....

  

..... or folded .....

This is the best photo by far.....my lovely customer sent me this fab pic of her gorgeous little boy enjoying his quilt on his first birthday!

Adorable is an understatement! :)

So.....how lucky am I?..... making patchwork quilts for cute little babies to enjoy?....well I think you know the answer to that....:D

Maggie xx