Favorite Baby Quilt Revisited

Favorite Baby Quilt Revisited

The caller sounded very excited. Her daughter had an all-time favorite baby quilt like the one she found on our website. Her daughter loved it so much that the baby quilt was used as a tablecloth at her wedding reception.

I was intrigued. Must have been a pastel double wedding ring baby quilt, or maybe one of our lovely pastel alphabet quilts. 

Now 11 years after the wedding, the daughter was expecting and Mom was so happy to have found another Daisy Duck baby quilt to give to her granddaughter, almost exactly like the one her daughter loved when she grew up!

Vintage Daisy Duck baby quilt is almost a duplicate of a customer's daughter's favorite baby quilt.

Daisy Duck, you said??

You bet!

As a fan of Donald, anyone who loves Daisy is a special friend of mine, and to know this is a Mom who is getting the quilt for a granddaughter because Mom grew up with a similar baby quilt and is expecting any day - well, it just doesn't get better.

I remember when I bought this vintage baby quilt. I picked it up from an estate sale because - well, I love ducks, and I love daisies. There is something quite charming about this design, as well as contemporary about the fabric color choices of pink and lime green. When I added this vintage baby quilt to our inventory, I was imagining this as a quilt wall hanging in a nursery, keeping a baby company in a nursery with walls painted yellow. The walls could also have been purple, or green but in my mind, they were yellow.

I should have asked about the nursery wall colors, I thought to myself with a chuckle as I was carefully folding the quilt. 

I packed the Daisy Duck baby quilt in a plastic bag temporarily for safe shipping. No quilts should be kept in plastic for any length of time, they are best stored in cotton, such as pillow cases. I also tucked a yellow duck toy inside to carry the gift tag and quilt care guide to Daisy Duck baby quilt's new home.

The toy also keeps the quilt company on their trip. I mean, honestly, who likes to travel alone?!

Vintage Daisy Duck baby quilt packed and ready to ship with a toy friend.

What luck that we had the same vintage Daisy Duck baby quilt that matched the first one and is being given to the next generation - love it when that happens!

Charlotte

City Living Baby Crib Quilt

City Living Applique Baby Crib Quilt would work well as a nursery wall hanging.

City Living Baby Crib Quilt and Wall Hanging

Over the years, customers looking for charming baby quilts have suggested themes and transportation is a favorite one. Whether it's trains, planes, cars, hot air balloons, little boys and some girls will love the theme.

And for the baby moving from the country to the city, City Living Baby Crib Quilt 36x48" inch size is perfect for both a crib and quilted wall hanging. Can't you just see this charming all cotton quilt hanging on a wall and quickly changing the vibe in a nursery?

City Living Baby Crib Quilt is a medium weight, all cotton baby crib quilt finished with hand quilting. It has a 3-inch space at the bottom where it can be personalized with custom embroidery for a custom baby gift.

Although people think of baby quilts in pastel colors, I recommend the primary colors because regular washing will cause the fabrics to fade over time. Start with strong primary colors and the colors will last longer through the lifetime of washing.

Wash in cold; dry on cool.

Beep beep!

Charlotte

Circus Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set

Circus Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set includes a bear toy dressed in a cute clown suit.

Circus Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set

Circus Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set was inspired by a customer looking for a circus-inspired gift for her son. She had a little known book about a boy running off to join the circus and thought a complimentary quilt would be a nice addition so we picked up an extra one to share.

This brand new, imported 36x48-inch baby crib quilt features an applique elephant, sea lion and real lion against bright, primary colors in the solid background fabrics. A circus tent in the back stands out nicely against a blue sky.

Backing for this charming baby crib quilt is a blue and white checked fabric.

Little clown bear will carry the Circus Baby Crib Quilt care guide.

To keep Circus Baby Crib Quilt company, a little bear is wearing a cute clown suit. The bear will deliver the free quilt care guide.

Isn't this applique lion charming?

And what circus is complete without a cat? In this case, it's a sweet lion playing with an applique blue and white ball.

To personalize, there is a 3-inch band of fabrics at the bottom and space over the circus tent to add custom embroidery if you want to personalize this baby crib quilt. This would also make a great way to change out a nursery by using this baby crib quilt as a wall hanging.

Charlotte

ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt

New ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt now available at Bluebird Gardens.

New ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt

ABC in Clouds Baby Quilt has been a customer favorite for several years. The detailed machine applique, the hand-quilting and the cloud at the top where the 50x60-inch baby quilt can easily be personalized with custom embroidery all contribute to this being a great baby gift.

ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt top white cloud where custom embroidery can be added.

One of our customers needed something smaller so we worked with our supplier to get us some 36x48-inch, baby crib size versions of this same design. ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt offers the same all-cotton, quality machine applique details including the cloud at the top so this crib quilt can easily be personalized with custom embroidery.

ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt has a bright yellow and white checked backing.

For cat lovers, the C is still there, too!

ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt also has nice hand-quilting to add texture.

These brand new, baby crib quilts are good gifts for both boys and girls.

They are made in India and can take several months to get shipped to the US. This is one of several brand new baby crib quilts we recently added to our baby quilt inventory.

I will be featuring some more of our new baby crib quilts shortly.

Charlotte

Don't Store Quilts in Plastic

One of our personalized ABC baby quilts wrapped in plastic to ship. Should be temporary!

Don't Store Quilts in Plastic

I know, here I am telling you not to store quilts in plastic and I just wrapped a personalized Alphabet in Clouds baby quilt in two plastic bags.

It's temporary, just for shipping in the event the box gets damaged. It happens very infrequently but when it does, I don't want our customers getting a damaged gift quilt at their end.

Once you get the quilt, remove from plastic and discard. To best store the quilt, fold like a sleeping bag. If you want to protect it, tuck the quilt into s cotton pillow case or wrap in a piece of cotton fabric.

How do you currently store your quilts?

Charlotte

Personalized Pooh Bear Baby Quilt Gift Set

Our Pooh Bear Baby Quilt has been personalized with the baby's full name and birth date.

Personalized Pooh Bear Baby Quilt Gift Set

I have to admit, I love getting our personalized baby quilts customized and gift-wrapped to ship. It's one of the reasons why we started offering gift sets, all of our customers have to do is tell us what they want embroidered on the quilt and written on the gift card.

This was a return customer wanting another unique made in USA baby crib quilt for a nephew. After getting the Pooh Bear Sweet Dreams baby crib quilt personalized, it was time to get it ready to ship. That includes adding our care tag on the back of the quilt; wash in cold, dry on cool.

I add care tags to our custom baby crib quilts before packing for shipping.

No Pooh Bear baby crib quilt would be complete without a friend. For this Pooh Bear baby crib quilt, we added a Tiger toy to keep the quilt company and to carry the quilt care guide.

Tiger toy delivers the quilt care guide for the custom Pooh Bear baby crib quilt.

Once I added the quilt care guide to Tiger, it was time to get them tucked into a box and on their way.

So exciting to be a small part in welcoming another baby to the world!

Charlotte

High Flying Baby Crib Quilt

High Flying Baby Crib Quilt has primary colors that will last longer over time and wear.

High Flying Baby Crib Quilt

A customer recently asked why some of our baby crib quilts are so bright. She was looking for an airplane baby quilt but wasn't sure non-pastel options would work.

It's a wonderful question because we used to only carry soft, pastel-colored baby quilts and crib quilts. Then a distraught aunt called us to say her nephew's birthday was coming up and she needed to replace his favorite blanket because one couldn't see the pattern. The baby quilt was only 2 years old.

That's when we started to carry brighter baby quilts, such as High Flying Baby Crib Quilt, knowing that their colors would last longer so the baby quilt did not need to be replaced. The strategy worked because since then, we have heard from customers who have noted their baby quilt gifts have held their colors and lasted a lot longer when they started out with bright, primary colors.

High Flying Baby Crib Quilt has a navy blue strip for custom embroidery to personalize.

We also look for a good place to personalize the baby crib quilt. In the case of High Flying Baby Crib Quilt, there is a nice navy blue strip at the bottom where custom embroidery can easily be added.

Which baby quilt would you choose, a pastel or a primary color?

Charlotte

Custom Yellow Rag Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set

Packing a quilt gift set for shipping including a complimentary toy.

Custom Yellow Rag Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set

There are several steps to making our quilts and baby quilts. There are also several steps to packing the quilts for shipping, in this case a yellow rag baby crib quilt going east to welcome a new nephew or niece.

Our baby quilts are offered both alone and as gift sets, which include a complimentary toy. For this gift set, I found a blue green bunny toy to keep the baby quilt company on its voyage. Besides keeping the baby quilt company, the toy is responsible for the blank gift card I usually tie in a ribbon around its neck.

Rabbit toy has gift tag and we also include a certified quilt care card with quilt information.

Humm, that doesn't look quite right. Although light blue ribbon is our company ribbon, it looked too "boyish." This was supposed to be a gender-neutral gift.

Back to the ribbon bin to try something else.

Now the rabbit toy is modeling a new ribbon option, a yellow ribbon to match the baby quilt.

Much better, this ribbon pops against the blue green toy color and nicely matches the yellow rag baby quilt, I like the yellow ribbon, don't you? 

One additional benefit, this ribbon is wired at the edges so it can be easily fluffed up once it is removed from the box.

Ok, time to tuck the toy into the baby rag quilt and get it ready for shipping.

Our baby quilt gift sets include not only a toy but a complimentary lightweight fleece baby blanket, perfect to bring the baby home from the hospital.

How to Store Quilts Reminder

We ship our quilts in plastic just in case something happens to a box corner. Quilts should not be stored in plastic. A good alternative is to store quilts in cotton pillow cases rolled up like a sleeping bag so no creases establish themselves. It's all in the enclosed free custom quilt guide.

Finished packed quilt, ready to be boxed up and shipped!

One last check before the baby crib quilt gift set gets tucked into a box and off it goes to welcome a new baby into the world. I love that thought!

Charlotte

Scottie Dog Mischief Baby Crib Quilt

Scottie Dog Mischief Baby Crib Quilt was hand embroidered and hand made in Missouri, USA.

Scottie Dog Mischief Baby Crib Quilt

If you have seen our hand-embroidered and handmade days of the week kitchen towels, you know we are fond of a mischief of the day theme. That's exactly what this charming 40x42-inch Scottie Dog Mischief baby crib quilt offers, hand-embroidered quilt blocks featuring a Scottie Terrier Dog getting into trouble.

Not in all of the blocks. Some show the hand-embroidered Scottie Terrier Dog sitting quietly wearing a hand-embroidered red ribbon as if mischief was far from the dog's mind. Other blocks have the Scottie Terrier Dog in soap suds, waiting to chase a ball and diving into a picnic basket with a partner in crime helping.

The red and white checkered cotton fabric is bordered with white fabric and includes a 3" border at the bottom where you can easily add custom embroidery.

Backing is a white cotton.

Wash in cold; dry on cool.

Charming baby gift for the Scottie Terrier dog lover on your gift list!

Charlotte

Play and Giggle Baby Quilt and Throw

Play and Giggle Baby Quilt and Throw works well as both a quilt and wall hanging.layP

Play and Giggle Baby Quilt and Throw

Where to list a standard-sized 50x60 inch throw that has a child's theme?

I decided to list Play and Giggle Baby Quilt and Throw in our baby quilts section, primarily because I can easily see this charming brand new imported baby quilt as a charming wall hanging.

The baby quilt features delightful blocks with a dog, a cat, a ladybug, an owl, a dragonfly, birds, and more, all very happy applique characters in strong baby pastel fabrics. A number of fabric blocks make perfect places to add custom embroidery, such as this yellow chenille rectangle:

Play and Giggle Baby Quilt and Throw has several fabric blocks that can be personalized.

This lightweight baby quilt is finished with hand-quilting and can easily be used as a wall hanging by adding loops on the back or using wooden quilt hangars.

Charlotte

Girls Like Peter Rabbit, Too!

We added a pink border so little girls can have a Peter Rabbit crib quilt in their girly nursery.

One of our repeat customers reminded me a few years back that sometimes we assume some colors are only for a particular gender. Blue, for example, is only a "boy" color or pink is only a "girl" color. With this in mind, we made one of our Peter Rabbit crib quilts with a pink border so a little girl can have this charming Beatrix Potter crib quilt in her pink-colored nursery.

Pink is not just for girls. Many fashion-forward men wear pink shirts, and last year we made a quilt for a teenager who wanted pink as a border to fit into his avant guard room decor.

Not to assume only boys like blue, we added a cute pull toy to our unique baby crib quilt with Peter Rabbit himself still in his blue sweater.

Both girls and boys would love that pull toy, don't you think?

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

Personalize Quilt with Toy

Isn't this lamb adorable?
He looks like he could have jumped right out of our One Sheep,
Two Sheep Baby Quilt!
Adding a complimentary toy to a baby quilt is an easy way to personalize the gift. It also makes a nice connection between the child and quilt.
Over the years, we've received dozens of notes from customers who like their quilts and get an even bigger kick out of the toy!

Charlotte