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The only baby quilts I've made have been 45" X 60", but that is crib size. So, if you don't want to make it crib size, you're pretty much free to make it any size you choose. I've seen crib size quilts used as play pen padding??? Your Choice!
Jeanette
None of mine have been the same size. I've made 54" x 54", 40" x 40", & 40" x 48" baby quilts.
I do mine 45 x 45
Suzanne
Asking a seamstress to mend is like asking Picasso to paint your garage.
My quilt ministry makes baby quilts for babies in the special care unit at the hospital......we decided on 40"x 40" as we didn't have to piece the backing and it was easier to put 4 tops on a longarm for one of our members to quilt.
Life is Good!!!
I've done 36 x 45 usually. then I made youth bed sizes. which is the crib mattress in a small bed. about 40 x 60.
hope all this confusion has helped you some. When my son was a baby and fell asleep in the carseat, the QUILT I covered him with was 15 x 20, so go figure!!! good luck and show us what you do.
put off till tomorrow what you can do today, and if you procrastinate long enough, you may never have to do it.
42 if possible by 50 or larger.
I like to make lap sized ones so babies can use it as a floor quilt, then a toddler blanket and later as a lap quilt.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/17803361001592651/
Last edited by Annaquilts; 12-19-2015 at 08:41 PM.
Anna Quilts
I like to make my baby quilts a little larger and call them "play" quilts (which I hope encourages them to "use" the quilt). I want the parents to have a little room to sit on part of the quilt to play with the child as he/she grows and for the child to have room for toys to play on the quilt. I prefer not to have to piece the back so if I want it wider, I just add border(s). I think about parent and toddler (as child grows) sitting under the quilt as the parent reads to the child too. I guess what I'm saying, like others have said, is make what pleases you size wise.
Here is a link to the finished quilt.
Scrappy Baby Quilt
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