pattern to use 4.5in pictures?
 

I'm going to make a baby quilt for a friend who's expecting a boy, and my starting point is some great fabric with 4.5in square pictures of cars, trucks etc. in bright colours. I want a straightforward pattern that will make the most of the pictures. Any ideas? And what size do you make a baby quilt?

How many pictures do you have? I think baby quilts are about 45 x 60? That may be pretty big, but if you make them too small, they are useless. ;-)
Put a sashing between the squares and see how big it is, add a border or two and it will be good to go.

Of course, you can always do the quilt that alternates your focus squares with a four patch; in that case it's easy to alter the four patch to finish at the size of your focus squares.

Warm Wishes uses good-sized squares; you can always alter the block with the three strips to the 4.5 inches you want your focus square to be.

Although it uses 5 inch block centers, I think Stars of Hope on the Robert Kaufman site is a darling quilt if you don't have too many focus squares: http://www.robertkaufman.com/quiltin...stars_of_hope/

I cut my I Spy fabrics to 4 1/2" and 6 1/2". Check out Maryquilts.com for a great pattern Happy Blocks. The squares can be bordered with 1 1/2" or 2 1/2" strips of tone on tone or plain fabrics, then set together.

Be sure to show us a picture when it's finished. New Moms always love a qift made by the giver and she will be thrilled wtih your quilt.

This is one I did for a little girl using Beatrix Potter squares!

Thankyou for the suggestions. I've got lots of the picture squares to play with. Warm Wishes looks like a possibility, because I also bought 3 fabrics that tone with the colours in the pictures.

Sorry for some reason my pictures have now disappeared and now won't reload!!!! How frustrating!!!

Be sure to show us a picture when it's finished. New Moms always love a qift made by the giver and she will be thrilled wtih your quilt.