Bow Ties Baby Quilt

The thought of hunting for quilting fabric always excites me. Even more so when said hunt is for a baby’s or toddler’s quilt. I mean, what’s not to love about nursery and children’s fabrics with cute patterns and designs, a variety of colors and the thought of blessing a new baby or toddler with a handmade quilt!
 
One advantage of making a baby quilt is the size of it. It is small enough that you don’t need to get discouraged by the size of the project and you can finish it in a few days’ time. Since my babies have somewhere along the way turned into two big boys, I don’t need to make baby quilts anymore, but I still like to make one every once in a while.
 
For the Bow Ties quilt, I chose the standard “boy colors” of blue and green and combined it with white to give it a modern look.

For the background of the top of the quilt I used Robert Kaufman’s Kona cotton solid PFD Bleach White. I used Later Alligator by Sandy Gervais for Moda in the colors Sprout and Navy for the bow ties.

I arranged the blocks on point - which means the blocks were positioned in diagonal rows instead of vertical and horizontal rows. Depending on your arrangement of the blocks, the bow ties could look like little hourglasses or even butterflies!

For the backing of the quilt I used Later Alligator in the color Cloud, a cheerful fabric with little triangles in sprout, navy, sky blue, yellow and red on a white background. It tied in nicely with the bow ties (triangles) on the top of the quilt.

I had a hard time deciding on a quilt design for the quilt. I wanted the design to compliment the quilt pattern. In the end I chose a diamond design which really made the bow ties pop.

For the binding I used Later Alligator in the color Cloud - wavy sky blue, navy and sprout lines on a white background.

The Bow Ties quilt has been a fun and quick quilt to make. I can already see one for a little girl in my mind - one with little pink butterflies fluttering all over the quilt.
 
Dimensions: 36” x 50” (91.5cm x 127cm) (Crib size)