Baby Boy Rag Quilt

Here's another rag quilt that I made on Friday night for a baby shower this morning.


I used my standard 10 inch squares in a 4x5 layout.


The animals are part of a directional print so I alternated the squares so there wouldn't be a "right" direction to the blanket.


I really like how quickly rag quilts come together. Sometimes you just need a quick project to break things up from time to time.

Oakley's rag quilt and Make Life baby quilt update

A friend of mine had her second baby yesterday, a little girl named Oakley Jo (isn't that cute?). I had some flannel left over from my daughter's rag quilt so I brought it out last night, cut it up, and made a rag quilt for Oakley.


I didn't have enough full size pieces so the back is made up of some rectangles instead of just squares.


Once I finished the rag quilt, I finished practicing free motion quilting on my Make Life baby quilt.


Although it looks a little scary in some places, I'm pleased with the overall result.



Especially because it's starting to have that scrunchy look that I love.


Tonight I plan to piece the binding, which will be the green dots and white paisley. Then I will finish quilting my Life Is What You Make It quilt and get to work on piecing the binding out of these babies...Yeah, I know. I'm a glutton for punishment, but I can't bear to waste any of this fabric.


I'm sure I won't get to it tonight, but another friend sent me this fabric from Portland to make her a bag, but not a Buttercup bag. She serves as the Relief Society President in her area and needs a BIG bag to carry all her Church stuff around. I'm excited to try my hand at a different style. Cross your fingers that it'll work out.

Rag Quilts

Back in October, I bought a ton of flannel that was on sale at Joann's. I made my son a rag quilt before Christmas and never got around to taking pictures of it. I used seven inch cut squares that were finished to six inches, making the quilt 36 by 48 inches. A perfect size. He loves cars and emergency vehicles so I paired these together. It's really bright, but he loves it.


I didn't have quite enough flannel, so I cut up an old denim skirt and used some of it on the back.


Yesterday, I stayed home from church with my sick baby girl and made her this rag quilt. I cut the squares ten inches and finished them to nine inches, making the quilt 36 by 45. It came together a lot quicker using 20 squares rather than 48 and it turned out as well as the other.