a few quilts for "Littlest Warrior"
 

Here's a few quilts I made for preemies at the Naval Hospital. The first one is a simple 9-patch with alternating rail blocks. The 2nd one is a pattern by Monica Solorio called "Happy Zoo". The 3rd one is a variation of Bonnie Hunter's Weed Whacker. That last one is Bonnie's Maverick Starts. I used a neutral flannel for the backing with no batting and birthed them.

They are lovely.

I love all of them.

these are terrific!

Very nice, really!

Beautiful little quilts and they will be much loved. You did a great job!

Lovely quilts for little ones.

Just beautiful, great job and thank you for sharing, old Navy gal here married to an old Navy guy. God Bless you.
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

They are all beautiful! They will certainly cheer the NICU with their happy bright colors.

Oh so cute and precious.
How kind of you to do these for the preemies.

What size do you make them?
... and are their any specifics from the hospital as to how you must make them?
Please? and Thanks!

They are all wonderful! I especially like the blue one!

And God Bless you and your old Navy guy for serving our country.

Beautiful, bright baby quilts! I love the patterns you chose. Each one will be loved.

There's a special place in heaven for you.

All are bright and beautiful! Bless you for doing these for the "Littlest Warriors" !!

I was told to aim for 24" X 36". So mine fall within that size--give or take 2" in each direction. I have had to adjust some patterns to get the desired size with the border (like Bonnie Hunter's "weed whacker"--mine is very different from what you see on her website--but it started with her pattern). I typically only use a 2" border. The only reason I even use a border is because it makes it easier to birth them without all those seams on the edges. Other than the size preferences, the only stipulation I've been give is for a "calm" backing fabric. And this is VERY IMPORTANT. That's why I chose a neutral flannel for the backing. The front can be anything you want so long as the back is calming. That way they can flip the quilt so the baby sees the front side when they want to stimulate the baby and flip it back to the calm side when the baby needs rest.

They're wonderful. :)

Thanks for all the info! Good thought re the colourful side for stimulation and the calm side for rest!

I was interested to read there were no instructions re seams ... in another site, I read that there were to be minimal seams and definitely in the middle section, as it was irritating to the preemie. I'm sure every hospital has different thoughts.

I'm particularly interested right now as my "adopted" nice just had a preemie, and I've been uncertain as what and how to make for the baby! :)

Beautiful quilts!

Those look great!

Beautiful love the bright colors

those a beautiful.....for some beautiful babies :)

all are very nice

How colorful and happy they all are. You have been busy!

Those are lovely so bright and colorful. Children will love them.

All of them are very pretty. Good of you to make them.

Beautiful --- and for such a worthy cause !!

Your quilts are lovely, thanks so much for the information on what to think about when making preemie quilts! I have a dumb question though... You mention that you have 'birthed' your quilts, what does this mean? :-)

Very nice...thanks for 'quilting for others!'

These are all beautiful! I love them all! Thank you for making these for the little warriors!

Such nice quilts. So nice of you to make these for preemies.

Great quilts! I love the patterns and colors.

Are they talking about seams on the backing? I'll have to ask about that since I end up with a rather large strip left from the flannel that I was just going to sew together to make more backings.

Well done!

No question is ever dumb.

Birthing a quilt is when you place the backing fabric right-side up and the quilt top right-side down on top of it. Sew around all 4 edges leaving an opening. Turn it right-side out and stitch the opening closed. Then quilt as desired. I've just been doing SITD on these. If you use batting, it's backing fabric, quilt top, batting (I think I actually did use batting and regular cotton backing on the "Zoo" quilt. This is a little faster because you don't use any binding. At first it seemed so wrong to have the batting on top. But if you sandwich it in the middle like we normally do, it won't end up between them when you turn it.

Got it, thanks for the explanation! :-)

You have been very busy doing such thoughtful work. I loved your title

Bright colorful quilts that the babies and their families are sure to enjoy.

The backing they wanted solid, no seams ... and the front, generally they were keeping the seams away from the centre area, so that it did not rub thru the layers to the baby, being that the baby would be more in the centre of the quilt. As I said, I;m sure every hospital has different "rules", as to what they believe is best for the preemies in their care.

Very nice--bright and cheerful!