Flannel Baby Quilts (Minky-backed)

As I've mentioned, I love flannel. I thought I would try making a few flannel baby quilts and back them in minky - what could be cozier than that? None of the designs are very involved - I was still learning at this point in time, and all of these were rather simple designs that came together quickly.

The first was Johnny's Quilt. We have a thing for stick horses at our house - we just love them. My husband saw this cute stick horse fabric at a fabric shop while we were on vacation on the North Shore. I had a nice, cool, fall day off work and I cut and sewed most of the quilt top in just one day. The backing fabric is brown minky. There is a mistake on this quilt - see if you can spot it! One of the blocks is flipped. Oh well, that just meant we had to keep it :)


The quilting is also subpar on this one, but I still love it.


I think I did a really good job with fabric choice, despite the other mistakes.

I made a similar flannel and minky-backed quilt for my co-worker who was becoming a grandmother! She was really excited for baby Owen's arrival. Again, it is a simple design that shows off the feature fabric and came together really quickly.







The third is a flannel triangles design in soft colors that I made for my best friend's new arrival, Imari. We weren't sure if the baby was going to be a boy or a girl, and mom is not really a pink lover anyway, so I thought this color palatte would be perfect. It was supremely soft and I was totally in love with this quilt. At the time I even thought I might make a larger-sized one to keep (never happened).






This one is backed in yellow and white striped minky, which was gorgeous, but it's a little washed out in the sun.

All of these baby quilts were fun, fast projects that made great gifts!