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    Last Modified: Sep 24, 2018 by Tara Ziegmont 22 Comments

    Keepsake Quilts: Design a Baby Clothes Quilt

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    I want to make a keepsake quilt from my favorite among Grace's baby clothes. With our new baby girl expected in early January, I wanted to get the quilt finished as soon as possible.

    I started by gathering and sorting the baby clothes in order to find the ones that I really had an emotional connection to. Next, I found inspiration by looking at other baby clothes quilts online.

    How to Make a Keepsake Quilt from Baby Clothes

    Step Three: Design the Baby Clothes Quilt

    Given the volume of clothes I had in a variety of sizes, I decided to make something similar to this one.

    A baby clothes quiltPin

    It has everything I liked - a small border between the clothes squares, big squares to maximize precious outfits, small squares to minimize waste, and a coordinating border around the whole thing.

    Decide on a Size for the Baby Clothes Quilt

    Grace's day bed is a 5-in-1 that turns into a full-size bed when she's ready for that. After finding a helpful tutorial at Craftastical, I realized that I had enough baby clothes to make a queen-sized quilt. I thought about sticking with a full-size one, but the dimensions for the queen size worked out better given my design for the inner part of the quilt.

    Design the Quilt Pattern

    Here's what I started with -

    baby clothes quilt patternPin

    For that to work, I'd need the center to be 7 squares by 8 squares, a total of 56 8-inch squares, each bordered by a 2-inch strip of solid material. The patchwork border would need to have 76 4-inch squares, each bordered by a 2-inch strip of solid material.

    Around the whole quilt will be a 1-inch binding, but I didn't figure that or the quilt backing in the calculations above. Let's do one thing at a time, okay?

    According to my calculations, the finished quilt will be 90"x100", just a bit bigger than a queen-sized bedspread.

    This is going to be a big job. I'm a little concerned about that, but working on one step at a time should make it doable.

    I hope.

    Oh, and I decided to add a pillow sham. It will require 4 2-inch squares and 24 4-inch squares.

    I'm insane.

    Step Four is to cut the outfits into appropriately sized squares. More on that next week.

     

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    1. Rachel White says

      September 14, 2010 at 5:36 pm

      Really interesting. I would love to make one of these myself.

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    2. Rachel White says

      September 14, 2010 at 5:36 pm

      Really interesting. I would love to make one of these myself.

      Reply
    3. Anonymous says

      September 14, 2010 at 7:46 pm

      I'm so glad! I love that place. 🙂

      Reply
    4. Zakkalife says

      September 15, 2010 at 4:45 pm

      Your keepsake quilt is adorable. I think my son had that same Eric Carle onesie!

      Reply
      • Anonymous says

        September 15, 2010 at 4:49 pm

        Thank you 🙂 But that's not my quilt. That's one I found online (from Google images) and the link to the original owner is no longer a valid link. That's just what I'm using as my inspiration. I'm still working on cutting quilt squares here!

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    5. Anonymous says

      September 16, 2010 at 9:01 pm

      That IS a fabulous idea! A quilt made from your wedding dress would be a wonderful keepsake.

      Reply
    6. Amanda S says

      April 11, 2011 at 6:33 pm

      Did you finish this? I'd love to see!

      Reply
    7. irene says

      August 18, 2011 at 9:38 am

      I'm really interested in this project, do you have the follow step instructions? I want to get his done for my twins, I was thinking that this would be a wonderful gift for them.

      Reply
    8. Shannon says

      March 21, 2012 at 3:23 pm

      hello, there. i found your website while trying to figure out the design for my baby-clothes quilt. it was something i decided to do when there was one newborn outfit that was so cute, i just, i couldn't get rid of it! it was so adorable. since our older two children had had attachments to blankets, i wanted to make a special one now that i'm in this baby's entire life. (they are all my step-children. they had their baby blankets from their mother, but the eldest became attached to a baby blanket my OWN mother used for me, and the middle girl has a plain baby blanket that i used to iron-on things she liked). the biggest question and issue i'm having while designing my baby quilt right now is the size of squares. i know i want a variety of squares and rectangles, but i'm never sure how big to make them or how small, because the clothes vary so much, and some parts i can't use due to stains, etc. without measuring available material on EACH piece of baby clothes, do you have any idea what sizes are usually available in sizes newborn to 9 months? if not, i understand, but i thought you might have a better grasp on it than i do. this is my first foray back into quilting since i was ten!

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      • Feels Like Home Blog┞¢ says

        March 21, 2012 at 8:28 pm

        It sounds like you want it to have a patchwork look with squares and rectangles of many different sizes pieced together to make larger blocks. Am I understanding that correctly?

        If that is what you're thinking, your first step should be to decide on the overall size of your quilt and from that, the size of each block. For instance, if your quilt will be made of 12 blocks, 3 x 4, and each block is 12"x12", then you need to cut pieces that will join together to fill those proportions. You might do four 6"x6" squares in one block. You might do sixteen 3"x3" squares on another or two 6"x6" squares next to four 3"x6" rectangles. Does that make sense?

        For my quilt, I cut 8"x8" squares out of each and every outfit. I used sizes from newborn to 3T and cut the same size. I had several outfits where I had to cut down a side seam and open the garment flat in order to get the full 8" width, but I didn't have any items that were too small to cut. If I had, I intended to use a coordinating fabric to make a backing and applique the garment onto the backing.

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    9. Shannon says

      March 21, 2012 at 9:04 pm

      thank you so much! it does help to know that 8 inch is pretty much the ultimate size, then i can vary anywhere from 1-8in squares and rectangles.

      Reply
    10. Christal says

      May 02, 2012 at 1:36 pm

      This is so awsome! I have saved my daughter clothes, well the ones with more meaning! I have been looking for someone to make me a quilt. I have no clue how to do it. But after 2 years I guess no one wants to do it??? So I think I am going to try. Could you email me a few instructions on what to do first. I know that I like the one that had the whole outfit in the middle. I may not do that. But I like that all the peices are different sizes. I want to add her bumper pad somehow? I was thinking cutting it is squares and using it around the border? Suggestions? I have NEVER done anything like this before! EVER...no clue! That is why I was loooking for someone to do it for me! I do have this feeling that it will not work because I am so clueless! Thank you so much for your time!

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    11. gale says

      December 01, 2015 at 11:24 am

      I need someone to make one of these for me. Any recommendations?

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        December 01, 2015 at 9:47 pm

        I'm sorry, but I don't have any recommendations. Have you tried Etsy?

        Reply
    12. Torrie says

      March 21, 2016 at 3:50 pm

      Great ideas! What would you use as the seam allowance? 1/4", 1/2"? Thanks!

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        April 03, 2016 at 4:28 pm

        I usually use 1/2".

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    13. Rexine Farley says

      April 18, 2016 at 6:47 pm

      Hi, I've been agonizing over how to proceed with a baby clothes quilt for my grand daughter.. they sent me many of her first year clothes and I would like to use them in tact, but I'm worried about the bulk factor.. would you suggest cutting them down to one layer and just use the front only or the back only for the little decorations ?? I hate whacking them all apart but its what they want.. I still am stuck on how to proceed.. thanks for your input..

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        April 19, 2016 at 8:42 pm

        Yes, I think you need to use only the fronts or only the backs. I cut mine into 8" squares, single layer.

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        • Rexine Farley says

          April 21, 2016 at 10:29 am

          Thank you so much for your input, I should have had the darn thing done by now but I have been wondering how to do it... especially with the things that I want to leave in tact, like the little tees that have first writing on them, First mommy's day, first fathers day, first christmas etc. your answer should make it easier for me..

          Reply
    14. Ashlei says

      January 06, 2018 at 1:45 pm

      I don't see how to go to tour next steps. It ended with step four, more on that next week......I see nothung to click for step 4.

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    15. Angie says

      June 04, 2019 at 12:57 am

      I saw this post, it is very interesting however it also stops for me on step four. It says more next week . Then when I go to next post, it is playing with sidewalk chalk. Could I get the next steps sent to me? [email protected]

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        June 04, 2019 at 9:18 am

        I never got around to doing the next steps. I didn't finish my quilt. 🙁

        Reply

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