I made all my children's clothing until the "name brand" came to be. That is also about the time I got a job. Well, we had mainly women employed and having babies seemed to be something that goes along with working women, too. I needed something different for showers...this was back in the late '70s and '80s...a baby quilt, a baby afghan, bibs, whatever homemade was considered really GREAT...as long as it turned out nice, the process f putting together wasn't even a consideration. No right, no wrong...just looked nice and it wore really well. Take pictures and duplicate however you wanted to or could do. Now, quilt police would have a hay-day with those beginning quilts...