Three Baby Quilts from a Giveaway

December - A time of gifts and gift giving and I was the recipient of a fun Instagram giveaway

The giveaway was hosted by Sew Caroline and it was a bundle of Happy Home fat quarters.  Honestly, I was so surprised I won this giveaway, there was so many comments but within a few days, the fat quarters were in my home.  Yes, Lori, you really did win them.  Now start planning some great quilts!
These fabrics were perfect for baby girl quilts and I have two friends having little girls very soon.  The week before Christmas, I have a hard time focusing on a garment project but I can do quilts. With the fat quarter bundle and some yardage in my stash I was able to make 3 baby quilts.

Quilt 1 is a favorite pattern for big prints, Colorblock Quilt,  

 I did have a yard of the pink text in my fabric collection and knew it would be perfect for this pattern.

A close-up of the fabric.

And I love to show-off the quilting, my long arm quilter does an amazing job.

 The back of all three quilts is leftover house fabric from my Irish Chain quilt and I used it all up.

Quilt 2, is my own design based loosely on the first quilt.

The squares are five inch blocks and as you can tell a few new fabrics were introduced to this quilt.  I find it a challenge to try use fabric from my scraps.  I love how this turned out and the text fabric is the one that really "speaks"

Of course, here is the quilting shot

One more look at Quilt 2

 Quilt 3, last but not least.  It is a pattern from a book, which is packed away.  Oh, yes, we are about to start a remodel - kitchen mainly but I will have a new sewing room.  This sewing roomwill not be in the basement, it will be a loft overlooking the kitchen and dining room.  I am so excited, natural sunlight for me and my sewing. New cabinets, better lighting, more room to move around.

Okay back to Quilt 3

The blocks are framed with Moda Snow and the rest of the background is cream with small stars.  

These stars don't show up from a distance but up close you can see them.  I feel like this cream and pink is just the right accent for the squares.

With all of the cream in the quilt, it was really hard to photograph.  

I want to thank Sew Caroline for an amazing giveaway, your fabrics are gorgeous and I loved using it to create special baby quilts.