quilt from baby clothes

I'm thinking of making a quilt from DDs outgrown clothes, most of the stuff is fleecy or t-shirt type material with applique or embroidery on. My idea at this stage is just to make blocks as I sort through the clothes until I have enough for a quilt. My guess without measuring is that 6in squares will work for most of the appliques and that some outfits might lead to a simple 4 patch instead.

My main question is how to stabilise these, I'm worried that even a lightweight interfacing might make things a bit stiff, particularly as some bits are so soft. So I'm wondering about muslin and a good fusible, probably misty fuse might be a better alternative. Any ideas?

My other potential obstacle is texture, there are things like bows and ruffles that I want to include, but I'm not sure how to get it neatly bonded to the backing.

I'll have to see how it goes before I figure out whether to join the blocks directly to each other, or whether to use sashing. I love cornerstones, so I can see using smaller squares of a particular colour group, probably dark pink with a purchased white or cream fabric for the rest of the sashing. I'll have to stroke a few things before deciding on whether that is flannel, fleece, or minkee.

I've seen this done with adult clothes, I'm sure someone has done it with baby clothes though, so any other tips would be fantastic.

Thanks Anne

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Anne Rogers
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Anne, you need to think about where you're going with this treasure - wallhanging for baby's room? keepsake to put away for her own baby? or... BatMan cape, tent, dry the dog and other happy things little folks do with their beloved quilts. There truly are lightweight, soft and gentle fusible interfacings but I think their longterm effects may not be so good. I wouldn't use them in something I hoped to keep. The glue and whatever strange things they're made with could yellow or who knows what. No help, I suppose. Just thoughts. Polly

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Polly Esther

There is a lovely *knit* fusible stabilizer on the market that would work wonderfully on the items you have described. I used it on the silk kimono jacket I made for DD (photos at Webshots). I purchased mine from the Clotilde catalogue -- at a quite reasonable price -- since I couldn't find any at any of the local fabric stores this side of the pond. Obviously, this type of stabilizer would be perfect for any sort of knit but works equally as nicely on wovens. It drapes beautifully but still adds a lot of body to the fabric and sews easily, too. I have bits and pieces left over and, if you would like, I'd be happy to send you some to try out. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary

don't see why you couldn't just cut out muslin blocks and sew the fleece blocks to them. if perhaps fleece might stretch and get baggie in the middle of each block before you get a chance to quilt them, you could use a light fusible like misty fuse in between the muslin and the fleece. wouldn't add much weight or stiffness, and would totally stabilize the blocks as you work with them, right?

Musicmaker

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Musicmaker

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