Ok, so I'm not a hoarder but I am a self proclaimed pack rat. I am especially bad with baby "stuff" that my son has outgrown. The hardest things for me to part with are his cute little clothes. As he would grow out of them, I would bag them and into they attic they go. I decided it was time to move on so I thought a quilt would be the perfect way to make space without actually having to get rid of anything. Yes, I'm an enabler but I only enable myself.
Let me start by saying that I can sew but I am not a seamstress by definition. I found the quilt idea on Martha Stewart's website but of course mine looks nothing like hers. Mine has more personality...LOL I love to sit and look at all of the squares remembering my sweet one wearing them.
So here we go. I took all of his clothes, mostly onesies, and chose my favorites. I used a quilt square and cut out a four inch square from each, trying to center any decorations or phrases. I used some backs and plain onesies/shirts as fillers so that I had enough squares to make it the size I wanted. After all of the squares were cut, I laid out the design and then sewed them together making one row at a time and then sewing the rows together. I have to say that the jersey material was a little difficult to keep straight so my lines are by no means perfect.
Here's the front of the quilt.
For the back, I used crib sheets. I didn't have the patience to make another four inch square so I just made a total of four squares. I pinned batting between the front and the back and sewed the edges together. After the edges were sewn together, I added bias tape as a finishing touch.
Here's the back of the quilt.
Since I wanted to keep the quilt as an "heirloom", I decided to hang it on the wall. Hey, don't judge. If people can hang rugs on the wall, then I can hang a cute blanket...LOL. I used the left over bias tape to make tabs for hanging. I pinned them on instead of sewing them; partly because I was so tired of sewing but also because I may decide later to take it down and display another way and wanted the option to take them off.
Here's the finished product on display. (It's not perfect, but I love it!!)
