Baby Quilts



This is the first quilt that I ever made.  We were living in Alaska, where my husband was stationed during the Korean War in 1954.  I desided that I would make a quilt, so bought an applique pattern and fabric.  I did one block and thought that was enough for me!  Since I was expecting a baby, I made the block into a baby quilt.  I can't believe how close I maching quilted that little quilt on an old electric portable machine.  Except for the satin binding, it has held up quite well over 56 years.

It was many years before I really found the joy of making quilts.  Now it is my passion and I make way too many!

Steve's 1st Baby Quilt 1954





Detail quilt



My next attempt at a quilt was in 1956 when Steve was about a year old.  I didn't have any fabric, so use the sides of a worn out pink sheet and a worn out white sheet.   The animal patterns were drawn  from a magazine article.  You had to draw squares, then draw the the pattern to the paper.  Each were about 4 inches high.  I cut out the shapes and used a fabric marker to draw the features, then zig-zagged the pink animals to the white background.  This was before "Wonder-under" so had to be really careful of the edges.  Much of the quilt is now in tatters, but I still love it. The quilting is pretty pittiful.   I used the pattern to make a granddaughter a little quilt about 20 years ago.  It is just painted, not appliqued. 

Steve's 1956 Baby quilt

 

Dog



Bear

Cat



Rabbit



  

 

Pig





  

This is the painted version of the blocks made for grand-daughter Lindsay.

Lindsay's quilt (can't get it to rotate)

Painted block from Lindsay's quilt

Painted Bear Block from Lindsay's quilt