Chevrons are always cute for babies. I also am finishing an Irish Chain. I did an extended chain with cornerstone blocks, but you could do a basic Irish Chain & put a quilting motif in the blocks instead of applique.
Twisted Irish Chain is also lots of fun (
http://www.craftsy.com/search?query=...=&categoryUrl=).
Another idea that I love is to do a fused applique quilt with letter of Baby's first name. I don't have an example, but was thinking about this after seeing this arrow quilt by Tula Pink. You just fuse Pellon 805 to the background fabric in the shape of the letter & then pile on scraps and appli-quilt. Super fast, super fun!
Blog:
http://sewsweetness.com/2012/10/tula...which-way.html
Video (start 14:25):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlONIStI6ro