Memory quilt ideas for baby shower

16 years ago

We are hosting a baby shower for my daughter in law who is expecting a little girl. We want the guests to decorate quilt squares for us to put into a memory quilt for the baby. Any suggestions for easy ways for the guests to decorate the blocks that will withstand wear and tear and many washings? We are going to use fabric paint and pens but need some suggestions for other embellishments that would require little or no sewing for the guests. Thank you in advance.

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maryliz

16 years ago

I hosted a baby shower for my sister a couple of years ago. As one of the shower activities, I wanted to make a quilt for the baby.

I gave each guest a piece of fabric. Solid yellow. 8.5" square. Gave them fabric markers and had them write a message on there for the baby, to be made into a quilt. Told them to leave 1" margin all the way around. Had them sign their names, as the baby would know them.

Made that into a quilt that was presented at the baby's christening a few months later.

Since we didn't know if it would be a boy or girl, I used homespun plaids for the sashing, and small florals for the cornerstones. It was a boy, and his parents love plaid, so that was a good guess.

The corner blocks served as the labels. In one corner, I put the baby's name, birth date, time & weight. Another corner, the date of the shower. Another corner, date of the christening. Last corner was my own block for the saying I wanted to write. And I put care instructions on the back, in case the quilt ever ends up in a dorm room.

My sister told me that they plan to hang the quilt on the wall. I need to add a hanging sleeve. My sister does not sew much.

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Woodsy
16 years ago
Jules,
I was thinking of embroidery. Guess that doesn't help with the little or no sewing part though. I definately would stay away from buttons or ribbons or the like, for safety reasons. What about iron on transfers? They have some really cute ones out now. Butterflies, bugs, teddy bears. I don't know how they would hold up to multiple washings..but they use them on T-shirts and other wearables..so I would think they would hold up.

The quilt is such a cute idea for the shower. Have a great time...when is the baby due? Our new granddaughter is almost 3 weeks old!
Lynn in PA
marty_mo
16 years ago
If there is time, draw the design you want on a white block backed with freezer paper and send it to the guest ahead of time. Have each expected guest color in the block design and sign it. When the guest arrive at the shower have them drop the block into a pre-wrapped lid/box and have the mommy to be open it, inside the box you could also include the additional fabric that will be used for the sashing and backing.

Marty (Missouri)
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jennifer_in_va
16 years ago
Following along with Marty's idea, you could do ABC blocks with a different letter on each square, or maybe storybook characters on each block. You could do instructions for crayon coloring on each block. Then maybe they could write a personal note with pigma pens.
kelly4905
16 years ago
Those are great ideas!

I do have one suggestions, borne of experience: mark a 1/4 to 1/2 in seam line around the block and ask people to keep their designs inside the line. People who don't sew/quilt will invariably write to the edge and that portion would be lost in the seam allowance. *sigh*

When we did the memory quilt blocks, we asked people to write some "words of advice" to the baby ("Listen to your mother" "Welcome to the World" etc.)

Have fun!

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jules0988
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16 years ago
Thank you for all of the wonderful suggestions! I welcome more if anyone has any. Lynn in PA the transfer idea never came to my mind but I will definitely be using that one- the baby girl(Jenna) is due July 21st she is welcomed by her older brother Riley who is 2 1/2 and I will be babysitting for both of them. Yay! Marty, Jennifer and Kelly I am loving the detail you gave for ideas- it will be fun going to the craft store and looking for these items. Thank you ever so much!
Jules

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