Fab Farm Baby quilt

Fab Farm Baby Quilt

After the Hanover Country Life quilt was finished I learned that we were having a new baby in the family. I had plenty of leftover fabric to make a baby quilt for the new baby. This baby is my cousin's second grandson. I made a teddy bear for the first grandson (older brother of the new one) and it was made from my cousin's baby quilt. It was fun to make another Fab Farm quilt with the leftover fabrics from the big version. the pattern is Fab Farm by Elizabeth Hartman.
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When I make family quilts, especially for babies, I like to use some elements from my Great Grandmother's stash of unfinished quilt blocks. All I have left to work with are these 8-point stars that are crazy wonky and the centers are very bulky. These stars would have been made in the 1960's. They aren't usable the way they are. I decided to take a couple of stars apart and re-cut new diamonds so they would all be the same shape. I think the diamond chain shows off the fabrics much better than the stars and gives it a little more modern look. I printed the label with a diamond frame so that I could piece it into the chain. Adding a separate label off in the corner would have disturbed the design of the back. I feel like it's a legitimate two-sided quilt.

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It's quilted with a pantograph called Happy Times. This is a good one for baby quilts to keep them soft and cuddly. Mom did the binding so we can present it as a joint gift. We will deliver it Saturday and my cousin promises that the mother will love it.