Adding Finishing Touch to a Custom Baby Quilt

Big Bird inspects my sewing after I finished adding a label to a custom baby quilt.

Adding Finishing Touch to a Custom Baby Quilt

Years ago, someone made several suggestions on how we could incorporate this last step into the quilt-making process. Factory-produced quilts do it when they sew up the side seams. I could do it when the edge fabric is added.

After much consideration, I decided to keep the tradition of hand-sewing the label on prior to shipping off the custom-made quilts, in this case a custom baby quilt. There is something special about adding the label when one knows the custom baby quilt is headed to new little hands that will hold it and get comfort from its warmth.

I do think about the child who will receive it, and the person who ordered it. Sometimes if the customer communicates with me, I select a special toy to deliver the quilt care instructions. In this case. Big Bird was already wrapped up in the brand new Sesame Street baby quilt waiting to fly off to his new adventure via US Postal Service.

Once the tag is sewn on, the custom baby quilt feels finished. Or maybe I should say, it feels like it's ready to be off to it's new beginning!

Charlotte

A Baby Quilt Gift That Keeps On Giving

Our custom Peter Rabbit Crib Quilt gift set ready to ship for a shower in New York.

This charming Peter Rabbit Crib Quilt Gift Set is headed to New York for a niece's baby shower. The couple is old-fashioned, according to the aunt, and don't want to know what the gender of the baby will be.

The printed Peter Rabbit baby crib quilt pattern has been outlined quilted with a lightweight bamboo fill so the crib quilt can easily be washed in cold, dried on cool. The baby quilt fill is also a renewable, sustainable product that is kind to the environment.

Our gift sets are shipped with a card designating what organizations benefit from proceeds.

To complete the gift set, I included a Peter Rabbit stuffed toy with a free gift tag and a book the aunt can personalize with a dedication so baby can read it when the baby is old enough.

And to make sure this baby gift keeps on giving in yet another way, there is a card noting proceeds from the sale of this gift set will benefit Phelps County Humane Society and Rolla Bee Club, two organizations sponsored by the Bluebird Gardens Charitable Foundation.

After notifying the customer the gift set was on its way with the additional book, the customer said the shower sponsor had suggested bringing a book they could personalize. We saved her a shopping step.

So many ways this is a gift that keeps on giving!

Charlotte

Thought for Today

I wish I could meet her.

She’s expecting a child after a long ordeal with earlier unsuccessful attempts and we are making a special custom baby quilt for her.

We have been emailing about nursery colors and finally have our palette and saying she wants embroidered in the center of the baby quilt:

"Weeping may endure for a night but Joy comes in the morning. Psalms 30."

Charlotte