| There's something special about the time and love that | | | | Modern moms design their baby's nursery down to the |
| goes into sewing a baby quilt. Vintage quilts and the | | | | tiniest decorative detail. Chances are that she has all |
| stories around them are heirloom treasures passed | | | | the matching pieces to her everyday bedding collection |
| down through generations for years. Quilts for babies | | | | and the introduction of a different fabric print might |
| are not only excellent conversation pieces; they just | | | | throw the decorative balance of baby's carefully |
| can be beat for comfort. However, that doesn't mean | | | | planned room. For this reason, it might be nice to |
| that it should take a long time to make one. | | | | present a quilt in a Christmas theme that she could use |
| It's possible that you can have a four patch Christmas | | | | to decorate the baby's bed for the holidays. |
| quilt ready to take to the shower in less than a day! | | | | Take note of the colors that your friend has used in |
| You might think that a plain patchwork quilt would not | | | | the baby's room for clues on which fabrics to use in |
| be showy enough to stand out on the gift table, but | | | | your Christmas theme baby quilt. If she has decorated |
| you would be so wrong! Handmade presents are | | | | her baby girl's nursery in pink, don't worry that pink is |
| always appreciated, especially if the gift is something | | | | not a color traditionally associated with Christmas. |
| as useful as a quilt. No pattern is necessary other than | | | | There will be pink prints as well as any other color |
| a simple cardboard square and securing the layers by | | | | fabric with holiday designs on it for you to use. If her |
| tying them with colored yarn or ribbon rather than | | | | main color of choice is baby boy blue, pick some |
| traditional quilting is a quick and easy way to get the | | | | fabrics with a midnight blue background and a |
| quilt done really fast! Save the tiny quilting stitches for | | | | gorgeous silver metallic print for some of your quilt |
| the heirloom quilt. I recommend that you keep hand tied | | | | blocks. Don't worry that your Christmas baby quilt |
| four patch quilts on hand for that last minute baby gift. | | | | won't be an exact fit with the baby's color scheme, so |
| I'm so happy to report that quilting is not just for | | | | long as you stay in the same family, you should be |
| grandmothers any more. Modern women are learning | | | | alright. |
| the art and there are beginner quilt patterns that even | | | | As a finishing touch, you can embroider baby's birth |
| the most unskilled seamstress can use to create an | | | | information on one of the quilt squares if baby has |
| inexpensive baby shower gift. You might ask "Why | | | | been born. If baby has not arrived just yet, you can |
| make a Christmas quilt for baby? Why not make a | | | | stitch your own name, the date that the quilt was |
| quilt that could be used every day of the year and not | | | | completed or a short, meaningful inscription. You can |
| just during the holidays?" My answer would be that the | | | | be sure that every Christmas baby's special quilt will |
| gift of a quilt is always appropriate, but it's likely that a | | | | be displayed in a place of honor and that you will be |
| special occasion quilt would be even more appreciated. | | | | remembered fondly. |