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I want to make a baby blanket for my unborn niece. Where can I find ideas?

When shopping for: baby | Posted 08/29/2009 | 390 Views

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Felisity1983 Posted: 08/29/2009

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Making a handmade quilt for a new mom is a gift that will be treasured and loved for generations. There are many people who choose to keep handmade quilts as family heirlooms, and you may find your quilt baby blanket turns into something that is passed down from generation to generation.

A great way to make a memorable quilt baby blanket gift is to get the whole family in on it. Each family member can make a square or two. You can use cloth markers to inscribe special messages from each member. You can choose to have everyone work on the same type of squares or you can have a mix and match baby quilt with a variety of square patterns. Both are lovely.

You can also get ahold of the grandparents to be and see if they have any clothes or blankets saved from the parents' childhood. If they do you could include these fabrics in the quilt for their child making it a multi-generational quilt, which will no doubt be a family heirloom.

When choosing colors and themes for a baby quilt the sky is the limit. You can go with bold exciting colors, cartoon characters, or you could even call and talk to the parents and find out what color they are planning for the nursery to match your quilt to the theme of the room.

Check out Make Baby Stuff, Free Baby Quilt Patterns, and Baby Quilt Patterns for some great quilting ideas.

Hope I was helpful. Happy shopping from IMshopping and congrats on your new niece.

mrsdld143 Posted: 08/29/2009

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Every year at Christmas, my grandmother gives all of her great grandchildren handmade blankets. She crochet's them and they are always so beautiful. Most kids would much rather have toys, but not my cousins. They look forward to the design of blanket she is going to give them. In fact, my daughter has to sleep with one of the blankets that was made for her! My grandmother is very creative, so she just comes up with designs in her head, but she has told me to places where she gets ideas from if she has "sewers block." I hope this information helps you and best wishes to you and your family on the new addition.

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