Hello Quilting Friends! It’s Melissa Corry from Happy Quilting here, with you today. I am thrilled to be sharing some of my newest quilt finishes with you featuring the adorable Nice Ice Baby Collection by Deena Rutter. As soon as I saw this fantastic fabric line, I just knew I had to make some baby quilts with it. Especially because it really reads “boy” and we all know, it is hard to come by “all boy” baby fabric. So I went to my Charming Baby Quilts book, that I released last year, and picked 2 Charming Quilts to be made up in Nice Ice Baby!
So without further ado, here are my Nice Ice Charming Baby Quilts.
What I really love about these quilts in my Charming Baby Quilts book is that they are all made from 5″ Squares. So all I needed to get started were some Nice Ice Baby 5 Inch Stackers and some background fabric and away I went.
So first up . . . A Star Is Born
This is such a fun baby quilt to make and it makes quite the statement with it’s bold star design! It uses Two 5 Inch Stackers and 2 yards of Background Fabric, which I used Navy Sparkler for. It is the perfect match for Nice Ice Baby, and I love the little bit of metallic that pops in all that negative space. A Star is Born finishes at 52″ x 52″ so it is a great size for baby to play on or to decorate a nursery wall with.
And when it came time to quilt mine, I opted for a favorite of mine. The all over Echoed Paisley free motion design. I love all of the added texture it gives the quilt and how the curves add a fun element to all of the straight line piecing. And guess what, there is an Echoed Paisley Free Motion Video Tutorial on my blog, just in case you love this design and want to do it on your home machine.
Next up . . . Shine Bright!
Shine Bright is a fun way of mixing up a Basic Star quilt, using the print fabric in the background and the background fabric for the star. It uses Three, 5″ Stackers and 2 yards of Background Fabric, which I used Riley Navy Confetti Cotton for so it would really stand out. Shine Bright finishes at 56″ x 56″ and is a really enjoyable quilt to make perfect for beginners and experts alike.
And here is a close-up of the block. It is made with Half Square Triangles, a few Stitch and Flip Corners, and basic piecing. So like I said, great for beginners and experts alike. And it really goes together super quick making it perfect for some of those last minute gifts.
And those are my Nice Ice Charming Baby Quilts! I hope you have enjoyed this post. To see more of my Charming Baby Quilts Book, you can visit this Page, that shares all of the original Charming Baby Quilts as well as Free PDF’s of each quilt in a larger size (just in case you are not in need of baby quilts) and a Free PDF of a Charming Baby Sampler Quilt.
Oh, and if you make your own Charming Baby Quilts, in Nice Ice Baby or any of your favorite Riley Blake Fabrics, I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingwithmc and #rileyblakedesigns and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can’t wait to see your Charming Baby Quilts!!
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I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!