Custom Ladybug Handmade Quilt

Can you tell the applique ladybugs are made out of different red fabrics? (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Custom Ladybug Handmade Quilt

Ladybugs are special to me. I can still remember the first time I saw them in my garden, a sign of garden health and the relationship between good bugs and bad bugs. The ladybugs were consuming aphids off one of the plants a friend had given me. Without aphids, there would be no ladybugs.

Ladybugs are a symbol of hard work and good fortune. They were the inspiration for my company’s trademark and for this charming custom ladybug handmade quilt.

We have only made one so far because of the cotton fabrics. Each of the applique ladybugs are made out of a collection of red printed fabrics I saved over a year. The red fabrics needed to have very small print on them so it was a bit of a treasure hunt.

Although some of the applique quilt blocks have duplicates, all of the red fabrics have the same or similar sized printed designs.

We often think of quilts for beds and maybe chairs but I also like to use them on walls. This custom handmade quilt will work well as a quilted wall hanging to easily change a room decor as well as tossed over the back of a sofa or chair, which is how I like to display mine. That way the quilt is handy for actual use!

One of the fun ways this ladybug quilt could be further customized is to have family names custom embroidered on each one of the ladybugs. There are 30 on this custom quilt so there’s plenty of ladybugs to reflect family members!

I know it’s August but it’s not too soon to start thinking about holiday gifts and getting them personalized if that’s how you plan to present them.

Charlotte