A Quilt for Brooks
Posted on June 17, 2022 by prairiemoonquilts in QuiltsMy cousin’s youngest daughter had a baby boy back in March. Brooks Tyler arrived on the scene a week early, and is already 3 months old! Look at those cheeks!
Of course, I had to make him a quilt.
I struggled with deciding on a color scheme at first. I was planning to try and match her nursery colors — turquoise and dark gray — but when I saw one of the first photos of him, he was dressed in a woodland creatures onesie, and I knew right then that’s what I would go with.
So I chose the aqua-ish prints from a line called Effie’s Woods by Deb Strain for Moda. (I got it at Sew Sweet Quilt Shop in Brunswick, Missouri, and it wasn’t that long ago, so they may still have some of it left, if you really need some!)
I used my Baby, Baby! pattern to make the quilt.
I originally designed the Baby, Baby! pattern to make a quilt for Brooks’ cousin, Hunter, when she was born, so it was fitting that they both have similar quilts.
Also, it’s a fast finish, and it shows off the prints nicely, and it can be personalized with the baby’s name. I had to be a bit more careful with this one, since my fabrics were directional, which I hadn’t planned on when I started, but it all worked out. I made the smaller version, with no borders. It finished at 36″ x 46″.
I chose a brown Andover Dimples basic for the appliqué letters and the binding.
I backed it with one of the prints from the same line:
The quilting is a simple all-over meander, except I quilted around the letters of the name and not over the tops of them. Then I pre-washed it so it would be all soft and snuggly!
Here are all the details . . .
Quilt for baby Brooks:
Finished size: 36″ x 46″
Pattern: Baby, Baby! by me (available in print or PDF)
Fabrics for top: Effie’s Woods by Deb Strain for Moda, plus some Andover Dimples basic in dark brown for the appliqué letters and the binding.*
Backing: One of the prints from Effie’s Woods
Batting: Quilter’s Dream Cotton Select Natural
Thread: Superior OMNI #3021 Ash Gray
Quilting: All-over meander by me
*Thanks, Jackie, for letting me know what the fabric line is called. (Jackie works at Sew Sweet, and is actually the one who helped me pick it out!)
Cute! Love that print.
chipmunk cheeks. So cute.
Directional fabrics drive me nuts……but,……sometimes you just gotta have it! lol Good job…..
You are so giving of your time and talents. Super adorable.
Cute, cute, cute!
Absolutely adorable
so cute…..I love it…..
Hey, Shelly, the fabric line is Effies Woods by Deb Strain for Moda fabric. Cute fabric and quilt.
That is such a sweet quilt- just saw that fabric @ quilt shop I was in – it is adorable!