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KathyKat 02-11-2011 05:44 AM

Very Cute! I would not tack the points down either. Little fingers will love to grab them and play, even chew on them.

pieces 02-11-2011 05:57 AM

This is common with the prairie points. I believe this is why you seldom see prairie points on quilts anymore. Cute quilt.

Nita 02-11-2011 06:03 AM


Originally Posted by raptureready
They're supposed to. When the baby is laid ON the blanket rather than IN it, they'll be (pardon the pun) points of interest for him or her to reach for, grab hold of, and explore. Just like the knots and strings on a tied baby quilt.

Just feel the need to share a word of caution: Our guild donates quilts for charity and we were told NOT to hand tie baby quilts because the knots can loosen up and swallowing the threads can be a choking hazard. I doubt that chewing on the fabric of the prairie points would be dangerous.

katlady 02-11-2011 06:47 AM

Really a cute baby quilt. I would not worry about the prairie points

Scakes 02-11-2011 07:17 AM

What a fun quilt! I'd leave the prarie points alone and not worry about them. The baby will love playing wuth them.

Central Ohio Quilter 02-11-2011 07:21 AM

I would be afraid that if you "tacked" the P-points down, as some have suggested on here, that a baby would try tugging on them and pull the tacking out, and possibly tear a hole in the quilt.

I would just leave them and let the baby play with them.

Wunder-Mar 02-11-2011 09:16 AM

I agree that babies love prairie points as something tactile to enjoy. I had to laugh, though, about the having to iron the points down - a friend of mine made a generous queen sized quilt and she tacked down the points using a decorative "doodad" stitch on her machine so she wouldn't have to iron them down.

Examples of a "doodad" stitch would be a single duck, an eyehole (as for a belt), and similar - checkout your machine to see what it has.

mrsmail 02-11-2011 09:25 AM

I think if I had to have it lay down a little, I would put a little square of Steam A Seam lite and iron under each of them.

steelecg 02-11-2011 10:06 AM

I'm impressed with all of them

SharonC 02-11-2011 10:22 AM

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I had the same issue with the quilt I made my DGD, Samantha. She loves to play with the prairie points and I'm so glad they don't lay flat. :)

Samantha's Quilt w/Prairie Points
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