Baby snuggles beneath the warmth
of a quilt that Grandma made
with pattern from a color book–
animals in a parade.
Some of them bark, some bite, some dance–
their colors are very bright
and baby loves to sing to them
when he goes to bed at night.
© Freeda Baker Nichols
Freeda Baker Nichols 
You know my babies all liked the hand knit baby blankets best. I never knew how they knew…
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The hand knit baby blankets and sweaters were the softest!
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Love that a quilt inspired your poem. It’s lovely.
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Thank you, Patricia.
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I would love to see that quilt! I made my grandchildren’s baby bed linens. What a job, but I didn’t quilt anything. I even made bumper pads. I don’t think I could do it now.
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I’ve sort of retired from my sewing, also. I meant to take a picture of the quilt to go with this post but ran out of time. 🙂
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Love this, Freeda. I knitted an afghan for each grandbaby before he/she came. Each family had a different pattern but different colors for each child. Most of them born before we knew the gender. I have continued the tradition, making an afghan for Noah, my great grand.
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Dot, that is so wonderful and amazing–a great accomplishment. I quilted a baby quilt for one of my grandbabies, and one for the grandchild of a friend. The quilt that inspired the poem was quilted by my mother-in-law for my youngest child.
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“LIKE” 🙂
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Thank you.
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