Attachment Parenting Quilt ... In Progress

Attachment Parenting has been a huge part of my life since I became a parent in 2004. Day by day it grows stronger and I become more passionate about what AP means to me.
So when I started Colie Polie Quilting, it only seemed natural that I make an attachment parenting quilt. This was going to be a little of a challenge since the only symbols out there are for genital integrity and breastfeeding.... so off to Picnik I went to design a symbol for Co-sleeping/Bed Sharing and Baby Wearing.
Here is what I came up with:

Baby Wearing - Sling

Baby Wearing

Co-Sleeping / Bed Sharing

Now I am just working on getting them cut out and onto the quilt. Its not that big of a deal that the lines are blurry or that the colors dont match since I am cutting them out. I cant wait to get it all done to see the finished product!


I have a few ideas on how I want to put them into the quilt. Here is my first:

I would move all the hearts to the center and then add the symbols around the outside of the heart


and here is my second:

This one would be more straight forward. The 4 symbols in each square.

Who knows I may just decide to do both!

1/13/12

After I laid the white background out I realized that the material I got would just be too skinny for me to do the first quilt with all the hearts. I decided on the first one I am going to pattern off of the butterfly quilt right above.
Today I cut out all the appliqués and got them onto the squares. I need to tack them down and stitch around them still, but here is what got accomplished today:

I cant stop starting at them!! I love the way they turned out!!

Since this is an ongoing project, I will just update this post as my quilt comes together!

Blog Hops!

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Quilted Bag with Photo's

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How do you celebrate milestones? A night out? A cake, maybe going out to a nice restaurant? Well, I dont see why I should be the only one to be celebrating!!! To help kick off my new venture - Colie Polie Quilting and More, I am giving away 2 (two) $25 gift certificate to Restaurant.com!

Baby Clothing Quilt

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Kids Art on a Quilt

A friend asked me to put this together as a gift for her grandma. She had all the grandchildren draw on a square and sent them to me. This is what came out of it ....