Attention, Patrick Lose fans—Patrick has written another wonderful new book, and this time it’s all about baby quilts! Longtime Lose fans will remember his first baby quilt book, Special Delivery Quilts, which featured the phenomenally popular teddy bear quilt pattern called “I Love You This Much.” In this new book, you’ll find 10 adorable new quilt patterns PLUS that old favorite, brought back as a bonus.
As the Developmental Editor for three of Patrick’s books, I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with him over the course of time, during which his adored grandchildren—Lauryn, Lily, and Anna—were born. This book has special meaning for Patrick because of them, and when you see the quilts, you’ll see how much love and imagination went into creating them.
From a sweet giraffe to a bright array of stars, these patterns for pieced and appliquéd quilts offer something for everyone.
Make a simple and graphic pieced quilt like “Sawtooth Star Spectrum,” or combine piecing and appliqué to create a fun pictorial quilt like the go-to-sleep sheep in “Good Night, Sleep Tight.” Use fusible appliqué to create adorable animals and alphabets, moons and stars. All of these quilts go together without a fuss, thanks to crystal-clear illustrated instructions and full-size patterns. Who doesn’t love to make a baby quilt? And what better quilt to make than a “new classic” by this favorite designer and author, in your own favorite prints and colors!
One lucky person will win a copy of Special Delivery Quilts #2. To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling us your favorite colors and/or themes for baby quilts.
Comments will be closed at 6:00 pm PST on Sunday, October 23, 2011—the winner will be contacted via email and their name will be posted here on the blog next week.
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Congrats to Shasta, whose name was drawn at random from the comments on last week’s post. Shasta won a copy of Traditions from Elm Creek Quilts.
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I love bright colours for baby quilts. This book looks fantastic!! Thanks for the chance!
Looks like a really cute book! I especially like to use lime green and yellow against white for a baby quilt. Who says baby quilts should only be pink and/or blue?
thanks!
The giraffe quilt is adorable!! I like to use soft pastel colours for my baby quilts with simple blocks.
I steer clear of bright primaries and pinks and blues, and like to use golds, greens, dusty blues and old roses.
mixing the whimsy with the traditional is my kind of fun!
I’ll use almost anything that strikes my fancy for a baby. Right now I’m using traditinal pastels, but anything goes…that baby’s gotta learn about fabrics after all!
Nontraditional colors for my grandbaby quilt. Whimsy but not overly cutesy. Have a new little person on the way and would love this book for inspiration. Thanks for the opportunity.
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I usually use bright colors for baby quilts. Star quilts and reflections quilts have been well received.
I love my puppies and bunnies for babies… anything cuddly works though.
I like rather complicated prints with some recognizable items for babies and toddlers to explore.
I love to make bright colored quilts with lots of animals for children. I’ve made a few of Patrick’s baby quilts and they all came out wonderful. I’m excited about this new book.
My favorite colours for baby quilts are pink and lime green.
What wonderful quilts for babies. I love the use of bright colors. Our babies need to love color too. Thanks for the chance to win this sweet book. =!=
What adorable baby quilts! I love to use yellows, greens & purples in my baby quilts with just touches of blue and pink. Would love to win a copy of the book… thanks for the chance!
Pink and brown for a girl and lime green and bright blues for a boy…
Thanks for the chance to win what looks to be an AWESOME book!
Rosa Robichaud
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada
robich@rogers.com
I love using lots of color in baby quilts. Love the sheep quilt.
I like to use bright colors in combination with either black or white to make them pop.
I adore bright colours in quilts for babies and children. I love the ideas you have shown from the book. They look wonderful.
Thank you for having the give away.
Baby quilts are such a fun place to try something new since they are small. Thanks for the giveaway.
I like bright colours and geometric themes. But I usually make pastels and animals because that’s what babies are about.
My niece is expecting baby #4 so this would come in handy!
I love bright rainbow colors
Sounds like some great ideas to use for my niece’s baby due in February.
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I love transportation theme quilts for little boys – sailboats and airplanes, etc.
My baby quilts tend to be scrappy-happy, which looks like it would work with many of these patterns. A little different style for me, but that is a good thing.
I would love to win a copy of this book. The quilts look so delightful.
Beautiful quilts! Love the sheep quilt. Very original and perfect for children!
I love “Special Delivery Quilts” and use it often. This books looks just as good.
I like to use bright rainbow colors for baby quilts.
For playmat quilts, I try to stick to definite contrasts (black, white, red). For bedding quilts, anything goes….depends on the baby/family, season, etc. I’ve used everything from brights to faded antique, sports to butterflies and definite patterns to abstracts. Just like a name, each quilt is unique to it’s owner.
Great baby quilts!
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Orange and big beautiful sunrises and sunsets.
already liked on facebook
I LOVE those crayon colored stars!!!
I like soft pastel colors for baby girls and bright colors for boys using animals. I went to Amazon and “Liked” your book.
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Love your easy designs!
I like bright colors! Especially oranges, yellows, reds, greens, and blues! What a great looking book! :)
I like you on facebook! :)
My baby quilts are “Tummy Time” quilts with bright scrappy colors from my stash and cozy flannel for backing.
I really love the soft pastels for baby quilts with an emphasis on old world charm….1930′s type fabrics
Still love the traditional soft pinks and blues. Love your patterns and have not made a baby quilt from one yet so winning the book would be great.
I like yellow, orange green and blue for b right quilts. My favorite baby quilts would be of various farm or zoo animals.
Always love Patrick’s designs!!! I love bright colors….yellow, green, pink and blue. Just made a baby quilt for my niece recently with the bright colors of blue, orange, yellow, and red.
I love red and yellow and use it whenever I can. Never use baby pastels as I want the quilt to be adored and used when the baby grows into a child.
I like animals and bright colours for baby quilts!
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I love to use a range of colors in a baby quilt, like all of the pastels or all primary colors. Babies make us happy, and they should have happy quilts, too!
I’ve not heard of Patrick’s books before – what have I missed? They look fabulous. I’d love to make some for our family babes.