Baby quilt with one-color embroidery - Advanced Embroidery Designs

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Baby Calendar Quilt with Embroidery

We made this cute baby quilt for a boy, using designs from the One-Color Baby Boy Calendar. You can easily adapt it for a girl, using the designs from the One-Colors Baby Girl Calendar and changing the color of the fabrics.

The finished size of the quilt is about 37" x 45".

You can purchase this quilt from our Etsy store!

Blue-and-white baby quilt: 12 blocks with embroidery

You will need :

embroidery threads either polyester or rayon - choose colors to match ,
about 1/2 yard of solid light-colored fabric for the block centers, background for the embroidery (we used off-white fabric);
about 1/4 yard of of ice blue fabric for the blocks;
about 2/3 yard of sky blue fabric for the sashing and binding;
small amount of yellow and orange fabrics for the squares in the blocks and sashing;
1 yard of patterned fabric for the borders;
fabric for the backing;
light-weight cut-away embroidery stabilizer;
batting;
quilter's ruler;
rotary cutter;
iron;
#12 universal needle;
quilting threads ( of the colors of the fabrics you use);
#12-#14 quilting needle.

Cutting :

Out of white fabric, cut 12 squares measureing 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" each;
Out of ice blue fabric, cut 48 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" each;
Out of sky blue fabric, cut 31 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" each;
Out of orange fabric, cut 20 squares measuring 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" each;
Out of yellow fabric, cut 48 squares measuring 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" each;
Out of patterned fabric for the borders, cut

2 strips measuring 5 1/2" x 37 1/2" and
2 strips measuring 5 1/2" x 39 1/2".

Assembly:

Note: seam allowance is 1/4", press every seam immediately after you make it.

Blocks:

Sew 2 ice blue strips to the left and right edges of the white squares.

Sew the yellow squares to the short edges of the remaining ice blue strips.

Sew the new strips to the upper and lower edges of the white squares.

Sashing:

Sew the orange squares and sky blue strips into 5 sashing strips. Each sashing strip consists of 4 orange squares and 3 sky blue strips. Starting and finishing with orange square, sew the strips in this order: orange - blue - orange - blue - orange - blue - orange.

Sew the remaining sky blue strips and the blocks into rows: 4 strips and 3 blocks in a row. Start and finish with the strip. You will get 4 rows.

Sew the sashing strips between the rows.

Sew the 5 1/2" x 37 1/2" borders to the left and right edges of the working piece.
Sew the 5 1/2" x 39 1/2" to the upper and lower edges of the working piece.

Embroidery:

Select threads for the embroidery, we used dark blue.

Upload the files from the One-Color Baby Boy Calendar into your embroidery machine.

Stabilize the first white square. Hoop the fabric tightly and embroider a design. Repeat fo the remaining white squares.
Tip: It's a good idea to place your embroidery machine in the center of a table / work surface, so that the quilt does not hang and pull the carriage of the machine.

Quilting and Finishing

Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with batting. Spread your working piece over it.

Pin all layers together.

A baby quilt should be soft, so do not quilt densely. We quilted mostly in the ditch.