Ideas Please!
 

Ok, I'm working on my DIL's mothers 3rd grandchilds quilt...a boy this time...and she wants his name on the front. My only idea is to put a border strip on top and appliqué EDUARDO VALENTINO (yes, she wants the whole name...) across it. I think that will really overpower the quilt, so would appreciate any ideas to cute it up... [ATTACH=CONFIG]610478[/ATTACH]I hadn't planned on adding borders as it already measures 60 x 74 and this baby is just a few months old, so would only add one to the top. She wanted quilts that the kids can get a lot of years of use out of. Can't wait to see what you come up with! TIA!!

you could only make his name fit the middle two blocks. not that whole width. Or put the first name in a block and the last down in another block.....

Cute quilt. Perhaps put his name on the back in big letters?

How about a border all the way around the same width as the strips and quilt in his name all around the quilt in thread? You could use a contrasting thread so it would show up.

I Agree, putting the name on a border on this cute quilt will overpower it. I agree with cathyvv, put his name on the backing in big letters in applique. If you quilt the name in, it will read backwards on the back. So put it on the back and quilt however you were planning to.

I put the child's name on the quilt label with DOB. Add my name and date the quilt was made. Labels are attached on two corners and then binding is done. Only two sides left to hand stitch onto the quilt.

Since you are making the quilt, it is your choice about the name/label.

Hope that helps!

What about a border down the left side and the bottom in solid colors to put his name on...kind of like a shadow box or window...then it won't detract from the rest of the quilt (it's adorable by the way!)...hope that makes sense...I can see it in my head but it's hard to describe.;)

I think it would be cute to do black appliqué letters going diagonally across the quilt. Maybe a couple inches tall? I find a font I like in Word and print out the individual letters to use as a pattern.

You could do his name when quilting, and put his name in a couple of the bigger strips of a block~~