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    Red face Help Please!!

    I am wondering if you guys can help me. I am making a baby quilt for a co-worker and I am not sure what size it should be. What size do all of you usually make your baby quilts? I appreciate the help!!!!

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    45x54 is what I try to aim for. It's big enough to be used on a toddler bed later on.

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    oh gosh I am way off mine is 29x45. that is a lot smaller I guess I may have to start over. Thanks for your help bakermom!!

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    Don't be too quilt to start over! Remember you can always add borders or extra columns or rows.
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    My babies have all grown up now, but I remember thinking that I'd love to have a smaller, but warm blanket to throw over my son when I was carrying him in or out of a store or house. It seemed that all his blankets were so big that I felt like I was carrying more blanket than baby.
    My opinion? I'd give her the one you already have made, it will be the perfect size to throw over the car seat/carrier to keep baby warm, but not so large and bulky that its dragging the ground or adding extra weight.
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    Wow, Thanks, I never thought of it that way before but you are right and my small quilt will be just right for that. I feel so much better now. It really is a pretty little quilt.

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    Oh don't change what you've started. As mrswindy said, smaller ones are handy to throw over baby in between house and car etc. There really isn't a wrong size.

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    A small border and then a bigger one would increase the size of your quilt. Don't start over.
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    Approximately 45X54...I like baby blankets to cover most of the crib mattress - be large enough for baby to play on it in a few months and also be large enough to be used in a child seat in the car. Of course it's personal preference....that's just my two cents...Barb

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    I'd like the think keep it as wide (or long) as the wof for back, I really don't like to have to piece a back if I can get by with it. Of course if you piece a special back for it, it can be any width. Just my thoughts.

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