Oh no! This one is special since we are celebrating a new grandchild. I think she let us know that she was pregnant on day 2! So we have known for a long time. My husband is a master wood crafter and can spit out pieces of gorgeous furniture in no time - he is sickening!

Good to see you Linda.

By the way are you always this organised with quilty gifts?

No baby til late October.

Thanks. Renata.

Welcome to the Forum, Linda! Nice to "see" you!

Well done, you are all so speedy. I'm looking forward to seeing it quilted and the chair and cradle. Wot no baby

Hey Wendy. Finished the ditching and yes, I ditched within the blocks - just have to sew on the binding. When finished, I will post a pic of the finished quilt along with the rocking chair and cradle my husband made for his daughter.

Hi Linda, nice to see you on the forum.

Wendy, we have all made quilts with the wrong materials before we knew any better. I find the polyester batting so unpleasant to machine quilt that I don't bother to use it anymore.

Well, over here people can't use quilts for babies until they are several years old, so mine are given to lay babies on the floor as a play
mat. So risk is not as great. In future I will look for that batting.

Hello Linda, nice to see you've popped out from behind the quilt Took me ages to find a photo I didn't mind to much when I put mine up.

So essentially if your or any of the babies you have made quilts for are intending on wrapping themselves up in a quilt and sitting close to a campfire (I would say barbeque, but I don't think that will be happening anytime soon ), you would be safer borrowing Rita's Son's woollen quilt, because wool slowly smoulders, and stinks horrid before it burns, where as cotton will catch fire more easily, and poly will melt whilst it burns. Seemples!

Wendy, no need to feel badly. We only know what we know, when we know it. Poly is only worse in a fire... cotton is really not that good in a fire either. Luckily fires near babies are very rare. Using a flame retardant batting (such as Dream Angel) cuts down on skin burns if it catches on fire as it doesn't melt or flame. This is the same concept as only using flame retardant fabric for babies sleepwear.

Morning all,

Now I feel terrible all my baby quilts have had hobbs polydown in them. I was advised to use poly because it's easy to wash. All babies still alive but I will mention it to the mothers.

OK, I THINK I uploaded a pic of myself and updated my profile info. If you don't see my pic then I will have to start over again.

Aw shoot! It didn't work! I will play with it tomorrow. Night-night!

Remember. There are no quilt police. If you want to use different colors on the backing, that's just fine. I do it a LOT and love the effect and interest that can be added by doing it. The baby certainly won't care!!

Linda, glad it worked out.

yes, quilting has changed! I can remember attempting to make a quilt in the 70's with calico fabric, templates, scissors, and no real instructions. Thanks goodness for rotary cutters! TQS has been a blessing to me. it's a true community that gives me encouragement.

I hope your daughter in law loves the quilt!

Kathy