This must be the year of the baby! This is the fourth baby born in my office this year and we only have about 20 people! And, we still have one to go! Not to even start counting my friends. . . . But, I’m not complaining. More babies mean more fun baby gifts to…
Does anyone else have this problem? You make a quilt as a gift for a friend or family member and then fall in love with it SO much that it is almost painful to give away? Well, this was my experience with the Huckleberry Modern Baby Quilt. Luckily I was strong and was able to…
My neice recently had boy/girl twins. She saw your Huckleberry – blue circle quilt and wanted it for a boy baby quilt. At that point all I had to go on was your picture. It was a challenge to work out the pattern, simple as it is. My version was a makeshift “compass” and freezer paper to get the perfect patchwork circle center. I varied the design a bit by changing the borders. I have to admit I love the outcome. I hoped she would like it because I did! But I decided if she didn’t I would happily keep it! No chance. She loves it. I am in the process of handquilting it now. Oh and just by coincidence, I call it Jack’s quilt because,I am making it for her baby Jack.
Please let me know if someone can make this beautiful quilt I saw on PINTREST, with the beach ball, bibs, burp cloths the one with the circle and beautiful blue color. I’d like to buy this set for a baby gift for my best friend who just became a 1st time Grandma!
Please email me back. Can the baby boys’ name be embroidered on the corner, “Ryan Timothy” ???
Love to hear from you,
Jennifer Damato, Long Island, NY
I love your quilt, and the whole package! You have inspired me. My daughter just announced she is pregnant, and her husband is an engineer. I was looking for something he would love also, and I think your site will give me plenty of ideas. Can you tell me if you used a pattern for the bib and burp cloth? I just love those.
Robyn
Wow. Oh wow. This is so cool on so many different levels. I love the great big circle! You have Really inspired me!
[...] yes for those of you that might ask, this is sort of an iteration of the Huckleberry Quilt. The big circle is just cut in [...]
Can I be your friend? LOL….
What an amazing gift!!!! Extremely generous of you…..I would have stopped at the quilt, but time is my enemy.
Oh, it’s so amazing. I looove all of it. It’s a wonderful gift.
LOVE!
That is just so beautiful, fantasic, love the ball idea to match the quilt and everything else!!
Seriously awesome quilt. I would love to try one like this but I wouldn’t have the first clue how. If you ever do want to do tutorials…let us know!! Your stuff is amazing! (and modern).
This quilt is amazing! Please, please, please do a tutorial – at least tell me how big it is – it is really fabulous!
Wow. I so love this quilt and all the wonderful goodies. I love the colors but especially the outer circular quilting. Amazing.
I am in love with this whole set! Beautiful job! If you ever have the urge to post a tutorial (for this or any of your other pieces), I would happily jump on that train. 
What a beautiful quilt and a fabulous keepsake gift! I should say gifts! All of them are wonderful.
Love the topstitching! Fierce! Do you do your own topstitching? If so, what kind of machine do you use?
Your baby quilt is wonderful. I like the back as much as the front. The bib, the ball, the card, just too sweet.
Wowsers! I love this fabric, the quilt, the ball, the card, everything!!! Amazing.
WOW! What an amazing gift and an outstanding design! Superb!
I have loved this from the moment I saw it. Your love and time and heart will go with the quilt to the baby and the mama and daddy, and all will be blessed for many, many years.
No surprise, you’ve inspired many…including me, but Jack will be in high school before I get the courage to try something like this! It’s awesome.
Adorable! I need to make one right now! I mean, like, immediately! Oh, you are so so creative. I wish Missouri were closer to your guild! I’m glad to see what you’ve been up to.
Oh wow – that is an incredible set! I noticed the quilt on Flickr – I love how the concentric circles look like a Japanese rock garden.
Wait – you used the six minute circle method on this?!
I mean, I LOVE this quilt and need to make one. But that’s an awful big circle!
I’m in awe!
The quilt is stunning. The entire gift? What a lucky family!!!
REALLY stinkin’ gorgeous baby gift!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE all the fabulous little touches you added! That is one lucky baby & momma to receive that basket! 
L- I LOVE IT! This is one of my favorites of your quilts as well. And the whole baby gift set turned out awesome. Loved the bib…
Wow! This is awesome! I love the design and the quilting is amazing!
I too, suffer from separation anxiety–perhaps there is a support group somewhere? If at least there are visitations it may help to assuage the sorrow of such sweet partings.( Hey I’m a chemist forgive me my poor mangled quotations.) Love the whole ensemble Latifah.
This is stunning. I love your designs – such a great use of colour, pattern, and calm space. I always love it when I see on my google reader that your blog has another post – always wondering what you have up your sleeeve next. Super!
The quilt is adorable! I love everything about it..the colors, the fabrics,and the quilting. I love that you added things that would have meaning to the parents. THEN..you add the darling burp cloths(let’s hope Jack is not a spitter?)and ball. TOO cute!
I’d have trouble letting these go too.
VERY well done!
Oh my goodness! I adore this quilt! It is amazing! That is one lucky baby!
Wow, it is gorgeous. I love the design and I LOVE the colorful fabrics. You have a wonderful eye for modern design and colors.
Amazing quilt and baby gift set! You definitely needed strength to give those cute things away!
WHAAAT? this quilt is by far the best i have ever seen. the design , the colors just everything…I am in awe over this and I would not have been able to give it away either… SNiff Sniff!
You are not alone! I often love the quilts so much I don’t want to give them away. There was one in particular that I kept dragging around the house and snuggling with for a few days before giving it away!
I simply adore your work, it consistently and constantly blows me away. Huckleberry is no different, I am awestruck, wow!!
I think this is one of my favorites of your baby quilts!! Love love love it!
this is such an unbelievably incredible gift.
I am so in awe!
Thanks for asking the question about how it was pieced. I was wondering if that was the method you used. Great finish, I can see how it was hard to give away!
This is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing the link on how to sew the circles – I was really curious!
You put so much of yourself in this quilt. That’s probably part of the reason it is so tough to part with. That and its incredible!
amazing. really. from the quilt, to the so-called “wonky” ball, to the packaging – it’s perfect!
I’m drooling.
I don’t know how you found the strength. I don’t blame you, it’s all gorgeous.
So, I’m still exploring what I call Measured Improv. If you’ve read some of my earlier blog entries, you will remember that this is what I termed my approach to Improvisational Piecing. I now introduce you to “Up In the Air”, my most current exploration: The inspiration for this quilt was a block created by…
absolutely fabulous quilt…
I love this quilt. It reminds me of rulers, pencils, and sketches laid out on a drafting table. I think “engineer” when I see it. And at the same time, the green on green makes it soft and inviting. I want to curl up in it. Beautiful. I can really relate to how hard it is to plan and implement something so that it all looks accidental. Great piece of art!
Very nice! It reminds me of abstract drawing with tape.
Congratulations.
This is so awesome! I love this!
It is fascinating to read about other people’s struggles with improv. I struggle with precision and planned out pieces! Your eye is incredible, regardless of the process.
I have loved all your quilts in this series and this one is no exception. it makes me swoon
Unbelievably fabulous and amazing and stunning and different – I hopped over here from flickr and really have to add you into my bloglist because your things never cease to amaze me – you seem to work completely differently from the rest of us – are you an artist by training?
Beautiful! I love those colors, and the composition is fantastic!!
I love it!
I think for me, improv goes against my frugal nature (scottish roots!) because if something needs to get a chunk trimmed off to make it fit I would have a hard time doing it. But I will try something like this one day, I really love the way it turned out, and the name is perfect.
I love this! Your design shows such restraint. The green tone-on-tone work is really nice… this quilt really inspires me to dig into my stash of solids!
Thanks for the comment! I too am a planner by nature and Improv has been very difficult for me. You should try it though – it’s been quite the experience. It’s nothing like stretching yourself in a direction quite different from the norm.
I’m glad you like it though. I’m always a little hesitant to share when I make things so different from everything that’s out there!
I have a lot of trouble just making wonky blocks. I know that improvisationaly piecing would be very challenging and tedious to me, too. I’m a planner, by nature.
I think this is SO fantastic, though. I love it. At first, I thought “minimalist” but I looked again and saw that it is very complex in areas. The colors you chose are just great.
I saw a picture of a rug online awhile ago and was inspired to make this quilt. I wish I could find a picture of the inspiration rug. When I first looked at it I fell in love with the new take on the basic log cabin. I love log cabin blocks in modern quilts…
I’m gobsmacked and I’m not even Irish. I felt compelled to comment on your quilts..awestruck , inspired, okay my thesarus is worn out. I am not worthy, I am not worthy. Looks good on ya’ girl. Thanks so much for sharing. Ann
Wow, this is incredible.
This is incredible!
[...] I even finished The Big Log in the original colors of Black and White, I started to think about what variations could be made [...]
Great meeting you and this quilt in person on Saturday. You are a true artist!
So, so awesome! I love that you put green on the back! I also love how the quilting adds another dimension to the incredible front! Great work, Latifah!
This is amazing! I love this quilt. I have a stalker-ish crush on it.
Wow – what a great piece. Very clever construction, and visually stunning. Well done!
Wowza! That is amazing work. What a great idea – so creative and visually stunning.
Holy guacamole! First of all – how awesome are you in Quilters Home?! I was telling my husband, “I was THERE when she was making that quilt being featured in a magazine!” It makes me cool by association (In my mind, at least.) And now, your awesome new blog – I love it. I clicked on the photos of this gorgeous quilt on Flickr and was surprised to see your little smiling face next to it. My friend Latifah is the now the Quilt Engineer? I guess she is! Now, about this quilt – did you just keep building out and out with the pieces of white and black? Is that what you meant by ‘log cabin style’? I love that little cross and the x. It really has the look of a cool city scape. Awesome work.
So, I just completed a quilt gift set for a coworker. He and his wife were the first friends that I had in the last couple years that have had a baby girl. I love baby gifts and I love little boys but, it’s just something about being able to create a truly girly baby…
I am thoroughly impressed! This is my first visit to your blog (I came by way of Handmade by Alissa for a glimpse of the mini-quilt you made for the LAMQG). Anyway! I love all the pieces of this gift and the presentation, especially.
Do you use stiff interfacing for the bibs?
Those baby gifts are really cool. This is my first visit to your blog and I’m adding it to my RSS page so I can see when you update. I’d love to see you over at my blog some day.
So cute, it makes me want another baby!
OMG, simply wonderful!!!!
It’s great Latifah! What beautiful work!
Wonderful! And what baby wouldn’t love it all! You’ll have to give us a tutorial on making the bibs and burps! Or a link to the pattern? Great work.
Beautiful! What a lovely gift!
WOW. I absolutely looove the quilt, and all of your extras are just wonderful. What a beautiful gift!
Wow, that is such a beautiful gift! Well done!
Wow, your presentation is amazing! I usually throw my quilt into a gift bag with some tissue paper. I’ll have to use your inspiration next time! Can’t wait to see your next quilt.
Just saw your quilt pic posted on Flickr and clicked to your blog to see a bit more detail and OH MY GOSH! That is the most fantastic gift EVER! So thoughtful and totally beautiful–every single piece!
Wow; this is a fantastic baby gift; absolutely beautiful. Geez, I just give a quilt!
Oh. My. Gosh. This is so beautiful, Latifah. I am sure the new parents and baby will LOVE it.
Oh My GOSH! WHAT a GIFT! Such great presentation and thought went into this! Love it! Great job!
by Latifah
A friend just forwarded me your site. Love it. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
I love your little bibs!!! Do you have a pattern for them that I can use?? Gorgeous fabric too. I’m so impressed!
Your quilt labels are very cool too!
I love, love, love your JITB trapezoid quilt! Mad crushing!!
I love all of these baby gifts, I need to make two baby shower gifts at thhe moment, Do you sell patterns for these?
Everything is beautiful and flawless! You are very clever and resourceful. I wish you many beautiful and new inspiration! You are great! Blanka.
Eli loves his beautiful quilt. Thank you so much!
I love your work. It is very fresh and innovative. Great Job!
I’m impressed that you go to the extra effort to make the onesie, burp cloth, etc! I figure a quilt is enough of a gift and stop there – not to mention your cute packaging in the basket.
great quilt!! I used the giraffe print in a quilt recently and struggled with coordinating fabrics. Your choices are wonderful.
That’s such a cool design! And the matching card is too smart!
I love it! The colors and design are perfect, as well as your other little gifts! A I wouldn’t change a thing about your wrapping-so sweet!
What a great quilt – and all the other gifts too! Lucky baby!
So bright and cheerful! I just love the traps!! What a brilliant baby gift!
Beautiful–all of it! The white binding is absolutely perfect.
It looks great! You are very talented. I really like the pattern and how your fabrics work together.