Gift Stitching/Baby Quilts

Well, I am back from my trip to California to attend two baby showers and can now show you the gift stitching.

My nieces are each having a baby girl a week apart in November, and had their baby showers a week apart. So, I spent 9 days in California to attend each. Did I tell you they are fraternal twins?

Twins or not, they are still very different people and one has a dinosaur theme, while the other has a woodland creatures theme.

I found two cute stamped cross-stitch "kits" (tops only) from Jack Dempsey Needlework:

Dinosaur is a quilt top I stitched, and I wasound some cute fabric for the backing. There was approximately 113 hours of stitching. It was a bit slow because it is one big piece of fabric to work with. Finished size is 32" w x 48" t, after trimming. 

Next is Woodland Creatures. It came as one sheet with 12 squares. I cut the squares out to make it easier to stitch and it took me a little less time to stitch (approx. 89 hours) but a tad longer to make into the quilt. I had to turn the 12 stitched squares into blocks then add sashing, etc. It is 34" x 35". I did not follow the finishing instructions and added the corner squares to make it easier to line up - as suggested by my more experienced quilting friends.

 

Not counting a few placemats and table toppers these are my 3rd and 4th quilts I have ever made.

I had a great time making the quilts and celebrating the good news!

Happy Stitching!