BABY QUILTS
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Who would have ever thought that making unique, personalized bedding for a close friend’s newborn baby would become a luxury that most cannot afford.
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Only the lucky crafters get to work from home and spend their time dreaming up new designs for unique baby quilts. The average mom has to buy quilts ready made, but the good thing is that there are lots of pretty, handmade quilts for sale online.
You can buy handmade quilts from samples or from looking at galleries of pictures on baby websites like this one or you can pick out your fabrics and have a the gift of unique, personalized baby quilts custom made from scratch. Many seamstresses will allow you to choose your favorite quilt pattern from many examples or you can provide ideas for appliqués in themes that would fit with the nursery theme and décor. Often there will be picture galleries or albums of completed baby crib quilts to help you find your favorite.
FABRICS
Baby quilts are an addition to the baby’s main crib set. On chilly nights, it’s so sweet to snuggle in the nursery rocker with an infant that’s been wrapped in a soft, warm quilt. When the days and nights are warm, the crib quilt becomes part of the nursery decorations. For this reason, the fabrics used to create your crib quilt should be a close match to baby bedding and nursery window treatments. If you can’t locate an exact pattern match, at least try to find fabrics that will blend with the nursery’s color scheme.
PATTERNS
It’s true that some crib quilt patterns work well with modern fabric prints as well as vintage or antique prints, but there are exceptions. For instance, a large, bold print in primary colors might not be shown to full advantage in a Log Cabin quilt design. As the opinion of an experienced quilter if you are worried that you aren’t qualified to match a particular print with a particular pattern.
PRICE
The price of cotton quilting materials are just a small part of the cost of baby crib quilts. If you feel that baby quilts on the market seem expensive, please consider:
- The time spent on fabric selection
- The number of hours spent cutting out the pieces
- The time sitting at the sewing machine piecing the quilt top
- how long it takes to hand quilt or tie the baby quilt in a professional and attractive fashion
Ask any quilter and they will tell you that the cost of the materials is a minute portion of the equation when pricing baby quilts. You won’t think that crib sized quilts are so expensive when you deduct the price of fabric and notions and then divide the remaining amount by the number of hours spent on labor.
If you want a unique baby gift that your friends will treasure, give precious handmade baby quilts. If you’re looking for a cheap gift, a homemade quilt may be out of reach but please don’t discount the love and labor that goes into the creation of these beautiful pieces of fabric art.
Return to Unique Baby Gear Ideas, Nursery Themes and Decorating Ideas for more information on custom, personalized crib quilts.
