Red Double Wedding Ring Throw Wall Hanging

Red Double Wedding Ring lap quilt throw wall hanging is a great gift for a Christmas wedding.

Red Double Wedding Ring Throw Wall Hanging

Christmas has become one of the favorite times of the year for weddings - well, any time of the year becomes special when one has a wedding but the trend has been to mark the day with a ceremony around this time of year.

One of the couples included the daughter of one of our long-time customers. She wanted something appropriate for the wedding party as gifts but not too sentimental so I located these red and white double wedding ring lap quilt throws.

The double wedding ring patchwork quilt pattern has been a favorite wedding gift for decades. Considered one of the hardest quilt patterns to make, many quilters will bypass even trying to make this design because of the curves in the pattern.

Red Double Wedding Ring Throw Wall Hanging is finished with hand quilted flowers in the center.

This is the last Red Double Wedding Ring Throw Wall Hanging in our inventory. It is brand new with a white cotton backing and hand quilting.

Made in China.

A sleeve on the back of Red Double Wedding Ring Throw Wall Hanging easily hangs the quilt.

The polyfill makes the lap quilt throw lightweight and the design is nice enough that this could easily be added to a wall for holiday decoration.

Wash in cold; dry on cool.

If you don't need a Christmas wedding gift, Red Double Wedding Ring Throw Wall Hanging would make a nice splash of color on the back of that sofa or favorite easy chair. I will bet even Santa might be tempted to curl up with it for a quick cat nap!

Charlotte

Circus Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set

Circus Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set includes a bear toy dressed in a cute clown suit.

Circus Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set

Circus Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set was inspired by a customer looking for a circus-inspired gift for her son. She had a little known book about a boy running off to join the circus and thought a complimentary quilt would be a nice addition so we picked up an extra one to share.

This brand new, imported 36x48-inch baby crib quilt features an applique elephant, sea lion and real lion against bright, primary colors in the solid background fabrics. A circus tent in the back stands out nicely against a blue sky.

Backing for this charming baby crib quilt is a blue and white checked fabric.

Little clown bear will carry the Circus Baby Crib Quilt care guide.

To keep Circus Baby Crib Quilt company, a little bear is wearing a cute clown suit. The bear will deliver the free quilt care guide.

Isn't this applique lion charming?

And what circus is complete without a cat? In this case, it's a sweet lion playing with an applique blue and white ball.

To personalize, there is a 3-inch band of fabrics at the bottom and space over the circus tent to add custom embroidery if you want to personalize this baby crib quilt. This would also make a great way to change out a nursery by using this baby crib quilt as a wall hanging.

Charlotte

Floral Double Wedding Ring Throw

Blue and yellow flowers form the rings in the traditional double wedding ring quilt pattern.

Floral Double Wedding Ring Throw

I love anything floral so finding this sweet Floral Double Wedding Ring Throw was a great find. 

This brand new, imported lap quilt throw forms the double wedding rings with flowers. The blue and yellow machine embroidered flowers are linked with vining leaves against a white cotton background. 

Detailed hand quilting helps to give this brand new throw additional texture.

Detailed hand quilting adds texture and dimension to the overall design. And another find?

Look on the back!

This lovely throw has a pretty complimentary floral backing.

Floral Double Wedding Ring Throw is reversible with a complimentary blue and yellow printed fabric so you can easily reverse this throw to update your room decor. Reversible quilts are great to quickly change up a room by turning it to the other side, whether it's folded over the back of a sofa or chair, or stretched out on the foot of a bed.

So pretty on both sides, don't you think?

Charlotte

12 Good Wishes Throw

12 Good Wishes Throw would make a lovely quilted wall hanging at an entrance for holiday decor.

12 Good Wishes Throw

If there is one throw I give as a housewarming gift, especially this time of year, it's this one. 12 Good Wishes Throw is a charming 50x60-inch lap quilt throw that includes a number of good wishes for the family and home.

Each of the throw blocks has an image, and word, that associates with the wish. A card enclosed with the throw explains each block and wish.

With each 12 Good Wishes Throw, an explanation of the wishes enclosed.

One of my customers who received this as a housewarming gift said it reminder her of a modern version of the 12 Days of Christmas, which is a lovely comparison.

In addition to a well-wishing quilt, this charming throw is a perfect size to hang in a room or entry way to easily add a dash of holiday decor.

Charlotte

ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt

New ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt now available at Bluebird Gardens.

New ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt

ABC in Clouds Baby Quilt has been a customer favorite for several years. The detailed machine applique, the hand-quilting and the cloud at the top where the 50x60-inch baby quilt can easily be personalized with custom embroidery all contribute to this being a great baby gift.

ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt top white cloud where custom embroidery can be added.

One of our customers needed something smaller so we worked with our supplier to get us some 36x48-inch, baby crib size versions of this same design. ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt offers the same all-cotton, quality machine applique details including the cloud at the top so this crib quilt can easily be personalized with custom embroidery.

ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt has a bright yellow and white checked backing.

For cat lovers, the C is still there, too!

ABC in Clouds Baby Crib Quilt also has nice hand-quilting to add texture.

These brand new, baby crib quilts are good gifts for both boys and girls.

They are made in India and can take several months to get shipped to the US. This is one of several brand new baby crib quilts we recently added to our baby quilt inventory.

I will be featuring some more of our new baby crib quilts shortly.

Charlotte

Molly's Tree

Can you guess that this is a Halloween tree? What gave it away, the purple?!

Molly's Tree

Sometimes when I go through a quilt show, I miss some of the subtleties of some of the work and this tree is one of those quilts I have grown to appreciate since I first saw it.

I love trees so the subject matter is a favorite. I vaguely remember pondering about the fabric color choices but didn't give it much thought until I was revisiting some of the work that was displayed at Piece and Plenty's 2015 bi-annual quilt guild show in Rolla, Missouri.

Now trees do change color in the fall but when I think of purple, I think of Halloween and cats and pumpkins. And apparently so did Kathy Turner, Molly's Mom, who made this quilt!

And here's the reason why this quilt was made with purple.

The other quilt element this quilted tree demonstrates well is the power, and effect, of quilting on the finished product.

Quilting reminds me of looking at a dress on a hangar. One doesn't know the full impact of the dress until one puts it on. Same thing with a quilt, one doesn't get the full effect of the work until it is quilted.

Without quilting, this would be a yellow tree on purple. With the quilting, there is a suggestion of wind and ghosts and ghouls and who knows what else is lurking in the purple, don't you think?

Boo!

Charlotte

Midnight in the Garden Quilt Wall Hanging

Midnight in Garden Quilt Wall Hanging

When I think of Halloween, black cats play a prominent place in those thoughts. My first cat was a gorgeous black cat with yellow eyes, and this quilt wall hanging reminded me of her.

"Midnight in the Garden" quilt wall hanging was shared at Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild's 2015 bi-annual show in Rolla, Missouri. Unfortunately the description attached the quilt was a complaint about not being able to use Pay Pal to pay for the entry so I don't have a lot of details about the quilt.

It was made by Dorreene Reynolds and is 23-inches by 19-inches, a nice wall hanging size, by the way. Installed at the right place on a wall this charming quilt wall hanging could easily "fill in" for a missing window.

Besides the black cat's green eyes, I love the circular flowers among the applique greenery. 

And why is the cat in the garden at midnight?

Check out the other garden visitor in the bottom left hand corner.

Charlotte

October Quilt Wall Hanging

October Quilt Wall Hanging

I have to confess, October is one of my all-time favorite months out of the four seasons.

October is the leading fall month in Missouri, a time when temperatures start to dip into sweater weather and trees bedeck themselves in gorgeous colors before leaves fall and grey days slip in.

Not to mention the sunflowers and pumpkins, lots and lots of pumpkins. So many that I have learned to buy extra if I still want pumpkins for Thanksgiving because most get ordered, and sold, for fall decorating and Halloween.

These landmarks of the month and charmingly detailed in this applique October quilt wall hanging that was featured at the 2015 bi-annual Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild show in Rolla. Although less obvious, I loved the "flying geese" triangles over the patchwork leaves in the top right corner, another wonderful sighting that marks the change in season.

I missed getting the card with the information on who made this charming quilt but it appears to have won a second place ribbon. Nicely done!

Anything you would have added to mark October in Missouri?

Charlotte

Midnight Blooms Quilted Wall Hanging

Midnight Blooms Quilted Wall Hanging at Piece and Plenty's 2005 Quilt Festival in Rolla, Mo.

Midnight Blooms Quilted Wall Hanging

I get a lot of inspiration from my garden. I also enjoy visiting quilt shows to see what other artists are making. The bi-annual Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild show in my hometown is a delight and one that lets me see what friends do with their fabric stashes.

This was one of my favorite small wall hangings, Midnight Blooms Quilted Wall Hanging. Quilts make wonderful wall art and this little gem would be a focal point in any room.

The color, red, is a personal favorite. Some quilters tell me they are afraid of that bold color but I love it, it not only easily adds an accent to a quilt but becomes a beautiful stage for detailed applique work.

Love the descriptions with each of the quilts at the Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild 2015 show.

Picking the right fabric tones is an art form all on its own. I have seen too many beautifully-made quilts with poor fabric choices but this is not one of them. The red fabrics are just the right combination of reds, complimentary to each other without competing.

The marbled border fabric has some yellow, which is nicely reflected in the other red fabrics used in the center block.

In addition to the color, the applique birds and branches remind me of the trees surrounding my house. Also busy with feathered visitors, this handmade quilted wall hanging nicely captures the summer joy I hear in my garden.

The other major factor in this quilt is the quilting, beautiful details, you can see it in the cream white background close to the birds and branches.

Midnight Blooms Quilted Wall Hanging received special recognition for the beautiful work.

Others apparently thought this was a special work, too, it won 3rd Place in the Special Exhibit category.

Aren't those ribbons special? They were made out of felt and what a charming idea to make the top into a dahlia-looking flower. 

Nice job, Alyce and Lee!

Charlotte

Corona Lanterns Lap Quilt Throw

Corona Lanterns is a lovely lap quilt and throw with beautiful ocean green and blue fabrics.

Corona Lanterns Lap Quilt and Throw

This is a charming throw made by one of my neighbors. Diana has a great eye for color, and it's apparent in this beautiful Corona Lanterns Lap Quilt and Throw.

The fabrics remind me of ocean colors, the aqua blues and greens merging into each other like ocean tides.

I told Diana this lap quilt and throw reminds me of Christmas ornaments and she laughed. She sees trees, which made me think this would also make a very interesting quilt wall hanging at an entrance where everyone can see what they want to see.

A detailed embroidered label on the back gives you full details of quilt materials.

To easily make this made in USA lap quilt and throw into a quilted wall hanging, we can add tabs on the back to thread a curtain rod. Or pick up wooden quilt hangars that you install like a picture frame.

Center bottom is a good place to add custom embroidery in a dark blue thread.

This brand new lap quilt and throw is also easy to customize by adding custom embroidery at the bottom. I would recommend a dark navy blue thread color so the embroidery could be seen through the darker fabrics.

Lovely corporate gift to that special client, or family member.

So pretty, regardless of what you see in it!

Charlotte

Don't Store Quilts in Plastic

One of our personalized ABC baby quilts wrapped in plastic to ship. Should be temporary!

Don't Store Quilts in Plastic

I know, here I am telling you not to store quilts in plastic and I just wrapped a personalized Alphabet in Clouds baby quilt in two plastic bags.

It's temporary, just for shipping in the event the box gets damaged. It happens very infrequently but when it does, I don't want our customers getting a damaged gift quilt at their end.

Once you get the quilt, remove from plastic and discard. To best store the quilt, fold like a sleeping bag. If you want to protect it, tuck the quilt into s cotton pillow case or wrap in a piece of cotton fabric.

How do you currently store your quilts?

Charlotte

All Blue Double Wedding Ring Quilt

Our all blue double wedding ring quilt features a nice variety of blue-toned fabrics.

All Blue Double Wedding Ring Quilt

Double wedding ring quilts are one of the most popular wedding and anniversary gifts. When I started Bluebird Gardens in 1998, it was one of the most requested patterns by beginning quilters, not something I recommend. The traditional patchwork design is one of the hardest patchwork quilts to make, which is why we started to make and offer them.

This all blue double wedding ring quilt in a king size was inspired by blue flowers in my garden: spring-blooming bluebells are the light blue, false indigo Lobelia suggested the darker navy blue tones.  Since blue is still the leading favorite bedroom color, I thought weaving a variety of blue-toned fabrics would help the quilt fit into a variety of blue home decor choices.

The high quality cotton fabrics include a white cotton with blue flowers to a solid navy blue fabric at the ring corners.

A wide range of blue fabric colors make this a very versatile gift quilt.

The double wedding ring quilt was made in the larger king size so that it can be used on both king-size and queen-size beds. Most beds these days have extra padding, making the traditional quilt sizes a little short on the sides.

By selecting a larger size, the quilt will definitely cover the bed sides and, if one size larger than the bed, provide full coverage down the sides.

I still recommend to customers that they measure the mattress size and the height of the mattress to make sure the quilt they are selecting will give them the home decor look they are wanting.

This made in USA quilt was also finished with renewable, sustainable bamboo fill, which adds a warmth similar to cotton but eliminates the environmentally-damaged process for harvesting cotton.

The quilt is machine quilted for easy care. Machine quilting makes the washing and drying of this double wedding ring quilt easy in a home washing machine and dryer. Wash on cold; dry on cool.

The flower inside each of the rings adds a lovely dimension to the overall design. 

Double wedding ring quilts are wonderful to personalize by adding a couple's name and wedding date in a corner block.

Charlotte

Personalized Pooh Bear Baby Quilt Gift Set

Our Pooh Bear Baby Quilt has been personalized with the baby's full name and birth date.

Personalized Pooh Bear Baby Quilt Gift Set

I have to admit, I love getting our personalized baby quilts customized and gift-wrapped to ship. It's one of the reasons why we started offering gift sets, all of our customers have to do is tell us what they want embroidered on the quilt and written on the gift card.

This was a return customer wanting another unique made in USA baby crib quilt for a nephew. After getting the Pooh Bear Sweet Dreams baby crib quilt personalized, it was time to get it ready to ship. That includes adding our care tag on the back of the quilt; wash in cold, dry on cool.

I add care tags to our custom baby crib quilts before packing for shipping.

No Pooh Bear baby crib quilt would be complete without a friend. For this Pooh Bear baby crib quilt, we added a Tiger toy to keep the quilt company and to carry the quilt care guide.

Tiger toy delivers the quilt care guide for the custom Pooh Bear baby crib quilt.

Once I added the quilt care guide to Tiger, it was time to get them tucked into a box and on their way.

So exciting to be a small part in welcoming another baby to the world!

Charlotte

Dresden Plate Flowers Quilt

It's summer and my garden has something blooming at all times. The imminent arrival of more flowers reminded me of this charming quilt at the 2015 Ozark Festival of Quilts featuring a very traditional patchwork quilt pattern, dresden plates. This patchwork pattern turns the traditioanl plates into whimsical flowers:

This handmade quilt was titled "Fun with Dresden Plates" by Cynthia Felts.

The quilter, Cynthia Felts, offered more details about this handmade quilt and I particularly like the use of "fun" in the title:

Cynthia Felts machine pieced, hand appliqued and quilted this charming quilt. Nice job!

I would be happy to have these flowers in my garden, wouldn't you?

Charlotte

High Flying Baby Crib Quilt

High Flying Baby Crib Quilt has primary colors that will last longer over time and wear.

High Flying Baby Crib Quilt

A customer recently asked why some of our baby crib quilts are so bright. She was looking for an airplane baby quilt but wasn't sure non-pastel options would work.

It's a wonderful question because we used to only carry soft, pastel-colored baby quilts and crib quilts. Then a distraught aunt called us to say her nephew's birthday was coming up and she needed to replace his favorite blanket because one couldn't see the pattern. The baby quilt was only 2 years old.

That's when we started to carry brighter baby quilts, such as High Flying Baby Crib Quilt, knowing that their colors would last longer so the baby quilt did not need to be replaced. The strategy worked because since then, we have heard from customers who have noted their baby quilt gifts have held their colors and lasted a lot longer when they started out with bright, primary colors.

High Flying Baby Crib Quilt has a navy blue strip for custom embroidery to personalize.

We also look for a good place to personalize the baby crib quilt. In the case of High Flying Baby Crib Quilt, there is a nice navy blue strip at the bottom where custom embroidery can easily be added.

Which baby quilt would you choose, a pastel or a primary color?

Charlotte

Custom Yellow Rag Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set

Packing a quilt gift set for shipping including a complimentary toy.

Custom Yellow Rag Baby Crib Quilt Gift Set

There are several steps to making our quilts and baby quilts. There are also several steps to packing the quilts for shipping, in this case a yellow rag baby crib quilt going east to welcome a new nephew or niece.

Our baby quilts are offered both alone and as gift sets, which include a complimentary toy. For this gift set, I found a blue green bunny toy to keep the baby quilt company on its voyage. Besides keeping the baby quilt company, the toy is responsible for the blank gift card I usually tie in a ribbon around its neck.

Rabbit toy has gift tag and we also include a certified quilt care card with quilt information.

Humm, that doesn't look quite right. Although light blue ribbon is our company ribbon, it looked too "boyish." This was supposed to be a gender-neutral gift.

Back to the ribbon bin to try something else.

Now the rabbit toy is modeling a new ribbon option, a yellow ribbon to match the baby quilt.

Much better, this ribbon pops against the blue green toy color and nicely matches the yellow rag baby quilt, I like the yellow ribbon, don't you? 

One additional benefit, this ribbon is wired at the edges so it can be easily fluffed up once it is removed from the box.

Ok, time to tuck the toy into the baby rag quilt and get it ready for shipping.

Our baby quilt gift sets include not only a toy but a complimentary lightweight fleece baby blanket, perfect to bring the baby home from the hospital.

How to Store Quilts Reminder

We ship our quilts in plastic just in case something happens to a box corner. Quilts should not be stored in plastic. A good alternative is to store quilts in cotton pillow cases rolled up like a sleeping bag so no creases establish themselves. It's all in the enclosed free custom quilt guide.

Finished packed quilt, ready to be boxed up and shipped!

One last check before the baby crib quilt gift set gets tucked into a box and off it goes to welcome a new baby into the world. I love that thought!

Charlotte

Custom Printed Wedding Quilt Block

A customer's wedding invitation he needed printed onto our custom fabric blocks.

Custom Printed Wedding Quilt Block

This Bluebird Gardens customer was making a quilt as a wedding gift and needed this "Eternal Love" wedding invitation design printed on fabric.

We have tried a number of printable fabrics and this one is the best one we have found on the market, an especially-treated white muslin that peels off the paper backing so that it can be cut to size.

These custom fabric blocks are washable in cold water; dry on cool, just as our custom quilts should be washed.

The wedding invitation now printed on our custom fabric block.

Anything that can be printed can be scanned and placed on these muslin fabric blocks. Photos, original art, mementos such as tickets, invitations, cards - whatever is special that can be scanned can be printed.

We use these same photo fabric blocks when making our custom photo memory quilts, custom children's art quilts and quilts out of clothing with photos incorporated.

A close up of the design of this charming wedding invitation we printed on muslin fabric.

So pretty, and the printed colors look just as bright as the original design!

Charlotte

Custom Personalized Memory Throw

A friend made this custom personalized memory throw for a family member.yM

Custom Personalized Memory Throw

Just in time for Christmas planning, here's how to easily make a custom personalized memory throw.

This is a quilt one of my friends made for a family member. She had never sewn, or quilted before so you know this is going to be an easy project. So simple, she used marbled solid fabrics so family members could write on them with an indelible ink pen.

Did they write on the quilt blocks before or after it was put together? Afterwards!

We printed some of the photos on fabric and she cut them into the same size as the fabric blocks.

She added a solid frame around the blocks and an prairie point quilt edging. 

The custom personalized memory throw was finished with prairie point quilt edges.

Turned out quite well, don't you think?

Charlotte

Here Kitty Kitties Quilt and Cat Pillows

Don't these hand embroidered cats just want to make you smile?

Here Kitty Kitties Quilt and Cat Pillows

I have to confess, I sometimes I am not disappointed when some of our quilts don't immediately sell. Here Kitty Kitties Twin quilt is one of those quilts!

There's something so charming about this little made in Missouri quilt. Every hand-embroidered block has a different cat in a variety of poses. I particularly smile at the eyebrows, they seem to give each cat a little extra "tude sitting in their white cotton quilt blocks between strips of brown floral patterned cotton. It's like they are playing in a garden!

Another view of this charming made in Missouri, USA cat quilt.

I took this posting down when I thought I was going to take the quilt apart to make it bigger to fit my queen size bed. Yes, that's how much I love this little collection of playful, embroidered cats!

That's not an easy thing to do, take a finished quilt apart so after much deliberation, I am listing it again.

Having grown up doing a lot of embroidery, I appreciate all of the work that went into this made in Missouri, USA twin-size quilt and complimentary pillows. The pillows are the perfect size for a young cat lover's room decor, a good size for napping and yet not too big for the proportion of the twin bed.

This is a one of a kind, lightweight quilt. All it needs now is a home with a real cat to complete the look!

Charlotte

Scottie Dog Mischief Baby Crib Quilt

Scottie Dog Mischief Baby Crib Quilt was hand embroidered and hand made in Missouri, USA.

Scottie Dog Mischief Baby Crib Quilt

If you have seen our hand-embroidered and handmade days of the week kitchen towels, you know we are fond of a mischief of the day theme. That's exactly what this charming 40x42-inch Scottie Dog Mischief baby crib quilt offers, hand-embroidered quilt blocks featuring a Scottie Terrier Dog getting into trouble.

Not in all of the blocks. Some show the hand-embroidered Scottie Terrier Dog sitting quietly wearing a hand-embroidered red ribbon as if mischief was far from the dog's mind. Other blocks have the Scottie Terrier Dog in soap suds, waiting to chase a ball and diving into a picnic basket with a partner in crime helping.

The red and white checkered cotton fabric is bordered with white fabric and includes a 3" border at the bottom where you can easily add custom embroidery.

Backing is a white cotton.

Wash in cold; dry on cool.

Charming baby gift for the Scottie Terrier dog lover on your gift list!

Charlotte