Personalized Noah's Ark Baby Quilt

Baby quilts can be personalized at the bottom as well as the top. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Personalized Noah’s Ark Baby Quilt

One of our customer’s favorite baby gifts are personalized handmade baby quilts. Depending on the baby quilt pattern, the handmade baby quilt can be personalized in several spots.

Usually the custom embroidery is added to the bottom or middle of the handmade baby quilt. In this case, there was room at the top in this Noah’s Ark Baby Quilt gift set. Actually in the clouds, with the wide blue fabric expanse in the background of the scene in “Gotta Have” font.

Name, birth date and size are typical personalized quilt information. ({Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Sometimes the custom embroidery is a simple first name and date.

This personalized baby quilt included the whole name and birth date. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

In the personalized Noah’s Ark Baby Quilt example, the gift included name, birth date, height and weight.

There is one piece of information missing from the traditional baby quilt information and that was the birth time.

This custom personalized baby quilt has the basic birth information. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

There is no “standard” for what to add, you can include as little or as much information as you want and as the space allows.

One more consideration is the font you want to use. We offer a nice selection. Zapf Chancery is the top used font for personalized quilts followed by Diane Script and Custom Script.

Personalized quilts can be customized with the font choice. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Sometimes the font choice will depend on how much space is available for the custom embroidery.

Charlotte

Personalized Pastel ABC Baby Quilt Gift

Adding a free gift toy to carry good wishes can be challenging. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Personalized Pastel ABC Baby Quilt Gift

I have lost track of how many personalized baby quilts we have finished and shipped for this customer and it’s always fun to work with her.

This time it was a new grand niece and she wanted some suggestions for a “non-girly pink” baby quilt. After going through several options, we settled on Pastel ABC Baby Quilt, a customer favorite over the years for both boys and girls. Frankly it has also been a personal favorite when I give a baby gift quilt.

One of the frequent questions customers ask is how much of the baby’s name should be included. My answer is that is a matter of personal taste. We have some customers who add first, middle and last names, others who just include the first and middle names. In this case, the customer only added the first name but in a 2” font size, which is a nice way to celebrate the new family member.

Because she didn’t want pink, I suggested a matching lavender for one of the fabrics included in the baby quilt.

Once the name was settled, it’s my turn to make some choices about the free toy to include. Since she didn’t want anything pink I settled on this cute fabric mouse with only a pink nose to carry the customers good wishes.

The 4-inch white space at the bottom makes a good custom embroidery spot. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Sometimes customers give me a hint on what to include, such as suggesting a cat or dog toy. Without a suggestion, I try to match something the customer has told me about the family. And yes, sometimes this step takes me the most time, it’s like going on a treasure hunt through the information I have heard to find something appropriate.

The nice thing about Pastel ABC Baby Quilt is that there are a lot of color options!

Charlotte

Shipping First Granddaughter Gift

Personalized pink rag quilt gift set ready to ship. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Shipping First Granddaughter Gift Baby Quilt

There are few things more exciting than hearing a grandfather describe the arrival of his first grandson or, in this case, granddaughter. The excitement, joy, awe - yes, awe, is all in the voice as they describe the child’s name, when she was born, how much she weighed…

Over the years, we have been honored to ship baby crib quilt gift sets to many granddaughters and grandsons, some who we know still have their quilts because we have also spruced a few up over the years.

Although most of our baby crib quilts are custom and unique, we also personalize in a custom unique way. Some people will have us custom embroider just the first name, or the first and middle name. This grandfather chose the later along with the details of the grand arrival: date of birth, weight and height.

Wrapped in bubble wrap only for the journey. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

A pink bear toy delivers the special messages. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

And to celebrate the grand occasion, I included a little note to proud grandpa.

These rag baby crib quilts were made in USA. We still have another pink rag baby crib quilt in stock with green accents. Grandpa wanted one that was all pink so that’s what we selected for him.

What wonderful adventures are ahead for both of them!

Charlotte

Personalized Baby Alphabet Quilt

This personalized baby alphabet quilt gift-wrapped and boxed ready to ship. What is inside? (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Personalized Baby Alphabet Quilt

Every time I get to gift-wrap and ship one of our personalized quilts, I imagine what the recipient goes through at the other end when they get first get the box.

Is it well gift-wrapped?

What will they think when they first read the free gift tag enclosed?

Since all of our baby quilts are shipped with a free toy carrying the gift tag, what kind of toy will I choose? And where will the toy pop up when the gift is unwrapped?

In this example, the personalized baby quilt was our very popular Alphabet in Clouds Baby Quilt with a white cloud at the top where the custom embroidery can easily be added.

The white cloud at the top of the quilt is a perfect place for custom embroidery. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Where to place the custom embroidery is easy but what about the free gift toy? When one has 26 letters in the alphabet, which one am I going to match?

As I go through my choices, I try to compliment the quilt colors with the colors in the toy. I also try to select a toy that is represented in the baby quilt. In this case, it was easy, C is for Cat!

This cat toy was tucked inside the baby quilt for a surprise as it is unwrapped. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

To make the personalized gift even more special, I tuck the toy inside the baby quilt so that when it is unwrapped, the toy is a special surprise. Like the soft center inside a chocolate. I must have the letter C on my mind!

Charlotte