An Heirloom-Quality Gift for Your Baby

A quilt is a large, intricately designed blanket, often patterned with interlocking squares or other geometric shapes describing a scene or theme. While they may be mass-produced, most quilts are still made by hand, and they are very time-consuming to create.

Including a quilt as part of your child's baby bedding set will lend an air of drama and sophistication to their room. As many children's rooms are lacking in "serious" overtones, this will give your child's room a distinctly unique flair.

A Grown-Up Choice for a Child's Room

If you're not the sort to go ga-ga over a cutesy baby bedding set, then perhaps using a quilt as the focus of your child's nursery is ideal. Quilts can be cute, but the sheer amount of work required to produce and design them automatically places them in a different league than your standard mass-produced printed comforter. Even when the design is cute, quilts maintain a level of precision in their design and execution that is truly admirable. They are an excellent addition to a baby bedding set, just as they would be for an adult bedding set.

Quilts are uniquely well-suited for a baby bedding set, too, because their designs tend to be so intricate. You're basically purchasing a blanket that can also be used as a learning tool. For example, if the quilt has a springtime theme, you could count the animals, name the animals, name the colors, or help your child find shapes inside the picture. Participating in activities like these with your children will not only be a bonding experience - they will also help your child learn to truly appreciate art, and the high-quality baby bedding set you've chosen. After a month or two of using the quilt as a learning tool, don't be surprised if it becomes your child's favorite blanket.

Finding the Perfect Quilt

Handmade quilts are often found at craft shows and flea markets. They're often on light themes - seasons, animals, landscapes, or abstract works such as a pattern of polygonal shapes dominate the scene. Ones specifically made to fit a baby bedding set may have standard baby colors like light pink or blue, a picture of a baby, or be decorated with numerous items important to babies everywhere. However, as quilts are very popular, their themes tend to be as broad as possible, to appeal to a larger crowd.

If you already have your child's nursery designed, it may be more difficult to find a quilt that "fits" as part of the baby bedding set; however, paying careful attention to colors throughout the nursery theme will help you find a quilt to match. If your nursery design is more or less "open-ended", then you have the freedom to shop around until you find the perfect piece for your baby bedding set.

A quilt may also be a good project to hand off to a relative, such as grandma or an aunt, or perhaps one to handle yourself! Making your own baby bedding set is sure to invest you emotionally in the project, and can help spur you to come up with the perfect design. Quilting isn't easy, but it is enjoyable and relaxing, as numerous popular quilting groups can attest. If you can't find exactly what you want for your baby bedding set, why not make it yourself?