This was given as a baby gift upon the birth of a great-granddaughter, and was made in colors to match the baby's nursery - pink, lavender and green. The custom design utilizes 5 different traditional basket pattern quilt blocks, surrounded and connected by the traditional Irish Chain block.
Of course, HTH Celebration Quilts incorporated an appliquéed name/birth date label at the top. Another personal touch was the inclusion of several fabrics that this newborn's great-aunt had in her antique fabric collection. Especially eye-catching are the pink and green flowers appliquéed in each basket and tumbling out of the baskets on the bottom. These were taken from a 50's vintage tablecloth style fabric that was in this collection.
This quilt was machine pieced, embroidered and quilted. The flower appliqués were hand stitched. It measures 40 inches square.