Lazy Sunday bassinet quilts

 

Some catch-ups from earlier in the year - these bassinet quilts were created in the April school holidays after I had a big tidy-up of my fabric stash, and decided to use up a heap of off-cuts/leftovers of flannel by making backings for neonatal unit bassinet quilts, then creating tops for them out of scraps or other leftovers or stash fabrics.

'Lazy Sunday' 20" x 24"

Simple straight line quilting on my Elna 720 domestic machine.

Cute whale flannel backing and a pinstripe binding!

'Another Lazy Sunday' - 20" x 24"

Changing directions with the straight line quilting.

Hopping bassinet quilts

Some catch-ups from earlier in the year - these bassinet quilts were created in the April school holidays after I had a big tidy-up of my fabric stash, and decided to use up a heap of off-cuts/leftovers of flannel by making backings for neonatal unit bassinet quilts, then creating tops for them out of scraps or other leftovers or stash fabrics.

'Hopping Around' - 19" x 23"

Free-motion quilting done using my trusty domestic Elna 720 sewing machine.

Cute bunny rabbit flannel backing and a polka dot binding.

'Hop To It' - 19" x 23"

Sunny NNU quilts

 The final four bassinet quilts created in 2023 for Southland Hospital's Neonatal Unit were these four. I wanted to use the animal print from my stash, along with a jungle animals flannel that was there too. The yellow is so cheerful and hopefully it gives people a smile when they see it.

Sunny Days and Friends 19" x 23"

I kept the quilting simple as usual...some straight lines and the occasional loopy free-motion quilting, using my table-top domestic Elna 720.

Friends and Sunny Days 17.5" x 22.5"

Sunshine and Friends 20" x 24"

Friends and Sunshine 19" x 24"

Crimson and Clover

 

This is one of my favourite baby quilt patterns and I grabbed some fabrics from my stash to create this 35" x 36" quilt for the new baby daughter of our ex-neighbour, Megan Macbeth.

I love the pink and aquas, and who wouldn't love the cute elephants?!

I did an all over double-loop stipple for the quilting, 

and used a black and white polka dot for the binding.

The llama flannel backing is pretty cool too!

The pattern is the quick and easy Craftbuds pattern 'Citrus and Mint'. 

I've used it a couple of times before.

Sharing via Michelle's Bolt to Beauty linky party.

Sweet Treat

Oh, these birds are one of my absolute favourite prints in my stash - I've used it before for a tote bag or two  - and it was exactly what I needed to go with the vibrant green of the pinwheels in this bassinet quilt.

I did a simple criss-cross line (inside an echo square) for the bird blocks, and did curvy echoes on the seams of the pinwheels for a petal effect.

The pinwheels were off-cuts from a Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt-along that I am taking part in; with my new 'rule' being that I have to immediately use leftovers/off-cuts for baby quilts, this was fun to create.

Like my other donation baby quilts, I have used fabrics from my stash, 

including the yummy purple polka dot binding and the all-over tiny daisy print on the backing.

I finished these two in September.

Spin in Spring

Another baby bassinet quilt made recently from leftovers and stash, this one measures 19" x 23".

This one is made with some pinwheel blocks made with HSTs that were cut-offs from a Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt-along that I am taking part in.

I free-motion quilted a flower pattern in the floral print blocks, 

which is also echoed within the pinwheels.

The backing is a lavender tone-on-tone print from my stash, 

and I added a cool black and white zigzag binding.

I intend to pile up baby bassinet quilts instead of scraps, and will donate them to the 

Southland Hospital Neo-Natal Unit (where my son was a prem-baby patient 18 years ago).

I am also trying to use up left-over batting, along with fabric from my stash, 

without purchasing anything new for these baby quilts.

I finished these two in September.