Five Quilt Tops
ABC 123 Rainbow I Spy Happy Blocks
My husband and I have thirty-one nieces and nephews. So we can usually count on someone to have a baby almost every year. The new year started with four mothers - one pregnant with twins - expecting babies in 2017. (Unfortunately one mom miscarried and the mother expecting twins lost one twin).
I try to welcome all new grand nieces and nephews into the world with a quilt.
Over the years I've participated in numerous ABC novelty swaps and have stockpiled complete sets of novelties representing each letter of the alphabet. They are nice to have on hand to whip up a quick baby quilt. I quit swapping several years ago but need to start once again because with these 5 tops I've depleted my stash of ABC novelty sets.
These are 6.5 inch centers bordered by 1.5 inch polka dot fabrics in rainbow colors. The extra four squares to make the 30 blocks needed for a 40 x 48 quilt are different number and letter fabrics. After quilting I'll iron on the letters of the alphabet to the appropriate squares. Little hard back books for ABCs, Numbers and Colors complete the gift.
O always stands for Owl but P is sometimes pear...
...or pumpkin or...
...popsicle or...
...pretzel or....
...paper clip.
Poor kid that gets Telephone for T!! They will be wondering what the heck kind of telephone is that. And does anyone still say telephone? Or are they just phones now? Maybe P will be for Phone in the next quilt.
