This is the first baby quilt I ever made, and it’s also the first free-motion quilting I did. That’s pretty appropriate, I guess, since the quilt was intended for our first grandchild!
The quilt is approximately a yard wide and a yard long. This corresponds with an old tradition of giving a new baby a yard of cloth. The project was the result of a class in machine quilting, and it won a blue ribbon at our local county fair in 1998. Here’s a closeup of part of it:
And now for a photo of the quilt in use! Our beautiful grandson was born on January 13, 1999, at 12:32 PM. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was nineteen inches long. This picture was taken when Benjamin III (he was named for his daddy and his paternal grandfather) was just three days old! Isn’t he wonderful?
