How Do You Plan A Community Baby Quilt?
Baby quilts are always well loved gifts, but they can be challenging for a busy individual to put together alone. This plan, however, will keep you from taking on too much quilting at once and provide baby and parents alike with a tangible symbol that the child is welcome and loved. The idea here is to gather family and friends of the expectant parents to help with the quilt. Find out what color scheme is planned for the baby’s room. If you can’t get the information, or there’s been no decision, select your own color pallet based on the expectant parents’ household decorating, general color preferences, or personal interests. Contact the friends and family of the expecting family for help. You’ll definitely want to consider any crafty people, but don’t limit yourself. Even the most inexperienced person can be helpful with choosing block patterns, selecting fabrics or carefully stitching the binding down. Basic block piecing is easily learned, as well. Decide on the block size (the samp
