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One of the hardest things Bluebird Gardens quilters have to do, sometimes, is cut up charming baby clothes to make custom baby quilts.

Are you sure you can't talk them into saving this one, a quilter will ask as we go through the stash of lovely baby clothes destined to become a custom baby quilt.

Over the years, Bluebird Gardens quilters have made custom baby quilts out of favorite baby clothing, favorite fabrics and a combination of both.

In all custom baby quilt designs, we've cut clothing into quilt blocks,  or altered the clothing into an applique design.

So it was with great joy that we put this new custom baby quilt design together, calling Baby Clothes Dreams since we used all clothing in one piece.

Using cotton blocks of primary colors as background, the clothes are sewn onto cotton fabric, leaving some of the collars, pockets and zippers still intact.

Using the whole piece of clothing makes this custom baby quilt heavy, which will make it warm on cold winter nights.

Having the clothing scattered throughout also makes the custom quilt design fun!



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Charlotte

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Melody Lea Lamb Spring Bunny Art.jpgBluebird Gardens is delighted to exclusively now offer Melody Lea Lamb's wonderful original animal art in our custom baby quilts!
 
Inspired by the four Midwest gardening seasons, I picked out four of my favorite Melody Lea Lamb rabbit portraits, one for each of the four seasons, for our Melody Lea Lamb Bunny Seasons Baby Quilts.
 
A rabbit framed in green represents the freshness of spring.

A rabbit scratching an ear under a solid blue sky is a nod to summer.
 
Fall leaves keep a rabbit company in fall, and holy berries are in the bunny quilt block for winter.
 
The original Bunny Seasons Baby Quilts artwork is printed on Bluebird Gardens washable Color Plus Fabric blocks.

 

Thumbnail image for Melody Lea Lamb Bunny Seasons Baby Quilt.jpgOver the years, Bluebird Gardens returning customers have suggested we should offer a family-tree inspired baby quilt, and this is it.
 
We can easily see Bunny Seasons Baby Quilts with baby's name and birth date embroidered in the center block; then Mom and Dad's names and siblings on each side, and grandmas and grandpas at top and bottom.
 
Bunny Seasons Baby Quilts baby quilts are standard baby crib-size 36x48 inches.
 
We can also make Bunny Seasons Baby Quilts in other custom sizes, and with other fabric combinations.
 
We wanted to first come up with a versatile design that would fit into most nursery decors, as well as provide value to our customers in terms of price.
 
The standard, crib size 36x48 Bunny Seasons Baby Quilts also makes a wonderful quilted wall hanging, easily hung with wood quilt blocks or by having us add a sleeve on the back where a curtain rod can be threaded through the sleeve.
 
 We're so thrilled Melody Lea Lamb agreed to work with us on this exclusive, copyrighted Bunny Seasons Baby Quilts baby  quilt design.

I look forward to making more Melody Lea Lamb wonderful art pieces into Bluebird Gardens custom quilts!

 
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Charlotte

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What's in A Name??

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two personalized baby quilts.jpgThere's a lot in a name, especially if it's embroidered and added to a gift.

Even after 13 years of running a custom gift business, I'm periodically surprised at how adding a name to a quilt and gift can make a gift that much more special.

Making special personal gifts is the foundation of Bluebird Gardens.

The concept has evolved over the years to include personalized baby quilts, such as Applique ABCs Baby Quilt (left) and New Noah's Ark Baby Quilt (right)  including monogramming ready made and custom baby quilts, as well as making personal matching gift tags for easy inclusion in baby scrapbooks.

This spring, we've also seen an increase in Bluebird Gardens customer requests for our embroidered patches services, a reflection, one customer said, of the down economy.

personalized name labels.jpgAdding embroidered patches can be a great inexpensive way to personalize quilts.

After giving one of our personalized baby quilts as a baby shower gift last year,  Sarah said her family went "wild with the idea" of having the baby's name, birth date and other information on their baby quilts.

Sarah said now "the pressure's on"  to personalize all her future baby quilts!

No pressure, Sarah.

Our embroidered patches can be made in a variety of sizes, font styles and colors, and come with an embroidered stitched border to make it easier to applique, or sew them, on a quilt.

Embroidered patches can be sewn either on the front, or back.

Although it may be tempting to put embroidered patches on front,  consider the request of a 7-yr old customer who asked me to change the location of an embroidered patch  last year so he could pull up the quilt and look at his name on the back before he went to sleep at night.

Yes, it's ALL in the name...

Happy dreams, Harold!

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Every once in awhile, a Bluebird Gardens customer makes a mistake with their personalized embroidery order when they're making a personalized quilt into a personalized gift.

Shirley - we're not giving her last name to protect the guilty - ordered a personalized double wedding ring throw as a wedding anniversary gift early December.

We shipped the quilt to her and shortly after Christmas, got the following email:

getting date wrong.jpg"I've made a big mistake.

Didn't realize until my husband went up to put it up that the anniversary date is July 20, 1989 instead of July 30, 1989.

Can you make another one...My husband will never let me forget this mistake.

PS Do you have discounts for redo for dummies?"

Luckily for Shirley, once she shipped the quilt back to us we were able to take out the 3 and substitute a 2 so all she paid was a minimal embroidery fee and shipping.

We can't always easily fix a personalized embroidery mistake but, considering the grief Shirley was probably getting from her husband, we were glad we could!



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Charlotte

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One of our return customers recently called to share how much her grandchildren love getting Bluebird Gardens gift packages.

"It's not as if they don't know what they're getting, they know it's going to be a personalized baby quilt" Sarah said, but "they love the personalized card and stuffed animal toy that goes with it."

The personalized card is for the baby's scrapbook.

The stuffed animal is matched to the family's interest - maybe they have a dog, or cat, or know their child loves frogs - whatever can give the baby gift an extra special personal touch.

When were growing up, there always seemed to be a stuffed animal (or real cat) hanging out with our throws and baby quilts, so it only seemed right to add one when our personalized baby quilts are traveling to their new homes.
 
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Hi Susan,

I love ALL of our crib quilts and baby quilts but our customers certainly have favorites.

One of our customers' all time favorite crib quilts is Animal Jungles Crib Quilt (photo).

Not only is the design charming but each animal is made out of different fabrics so Animal Jungle Crib Quilt has a three-dimensional feeling to it. Fun to curl up in, too!

You'll find several examples of how customers have personalized Animal Jungle Crib Quilts when you visit the link.

Most customers have added baby names at the bottom; when they want to add a name and date, they've place the name at the top and the date at the bottom. (photo)

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If you're looking for something in pastel colors with a more domestic theme like dogs and cats,
Little Wonders Baby Quilts are charming.

Still not sure?

Think about a favorite hobby Mom and Dad have. Chances are they'll pass that hobby onto baby so look for something in that category.

Happy browsing!

Charlotte
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