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Baby Clothes Quilts

Baby clothes quilts are made from baby clothes and other soft, washable baby items.

A simple baby clothes quilt uses a block or two from each item.

A complex baby clothes quilt can include outfits, collars, buttons, zippers, hats, bibs and other 3D details.

Either way, we use your baby clothes to make a real quilt with a Too Cool puzzle-style layout and our wonderful quilting.

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Simple vs. Complex Baby Clothes Quilts

What Can Be Used in a Baby Clothes Quilt?

How Many Items Can You Include in Your Quilt?

Pricing

What’s Included in the Price?

FAQ's

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What Is a Baby Clothes Quilt?

A baby clothes quilt is made from baby clothes and other soft, washable items saved from a baby’s first year.

It can be made for the parents, for the child when they are older or for the whole family. Some baby clothes quilts are made from one baby’s first year of clothing. Others are made from the first-year clothing of all the babies in a family mixed together into one quilt.

blue checkmark icon smallThe quilt shown here was made from clothing from five brothers and one sister. Even with five boys in the mix, the pink still found its way into the quilt in a noticeable way.

A piece from each child’s baby blanket is lined up across the top of the quilt.

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Simple vs. Complex Baby Clothes Quilts

Baby clothes quilts fall into two general groups: simple and complex. Knowing the difference helps you understand what can be included in your quilt, how much work is involved and why the pricing is different.

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Simple Baby Clothes Quilts

A simple baby clothes quilt is made using a block or two from each clothing item. These blocks are pieces of fabric without special items sewn down, such as collars, bibs, hats, socks or whole outfits.

Complex Baby Clothes Quilts

A complex baby clothes quilt also uses blocks from each item, but those blocks can include zippers, buttons, bows, collars and other details. We can also include items like whole outfits, dresses, soft shoes, bibs, hats and bloomers sewn onto another block of fabric.

What Can Be Used in a Baby Clothes Quilt?

What can be used depends on whether you choose a simple or complex baby clothes quilt. Some items can be cut into flat blocks. Other items need special handling because of their shape, thickness or details.

There are a lot more possibilities than we can list here. For the full planning list, read our baby clothes quilt planning guide.

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Simple Baby Clothes Quilts

Flat pieces cut from baby clothes and soft, washable baby items. This includes any item that we can at least get a 5" block from.

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Complex Baby Clothes Quilts

Items with details like collars, buttons, zippers, bows, hats, bibs, soft shoes or whole outfits.

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How Many Items Can You Include in Your Quilt?

This is a very rough estimate. The number of items needed will depend on how much we use from any one item. The more we use from each item, the fewer items you will need.

How many baby clothes items can you use in a Too Cool T-shirt Quilts baby clothes quilt

For example, we might use a larger block from a blanket than we would from a onesie with a small design on the front.

Most people will send us what belongs in the quilt and tell us what size they are hoping to get. We will work with you to make the quilt the size you would like with what you have sent to us.

But don't send us 100 items and expect to have a lap size quilt made.

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Baby Clothes Quilt Sizes and Pricing

Baby clothes quilt pricing depends on the size of the quilt and whether you choose a simple or complex style.

The easiest way to see your options is to use our pricing calculator. It will help you compare sizes and styles before you decide what works best for your clothing and your budget.

Baby clothes quilts cost more than standard T-shirt quilts because baby clothes are small, stretchy and full of details.

The more details you want included, the more time the quilt takes to make. That is the main reason complex baby clothes quilts cost more.

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Simple Baby Clothes Quilt

A simple baby clothes quilt takes less time because we are cutting flat blocks from the clothing.

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Complex Baby Clothes Quilt

A complex baby clothes quilt takes more time because we are working with collars, buttons, zippers, bows, pockets, hats, bibs and other pieces that need extra handling.

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What’s Included in the Price?

 

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A custom puzzle-style layout

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Different size blocks based on the graphics on your clothing items

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Quilt backing in your choice of color

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Binding in your choice of color

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High quality batting

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Individualized long-arm quilting

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Return shipping within the continental United States

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A custom puzzle-style layout

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Baby Clothes Quilt Design Options

Most baby clothes quilts are made in our Too Cool puzzle-style layout, but that is not the only option.

A baby clothes quilt can also be made in our Stained Glass style or as an Ultra Modern quilt. These styles require extra planning because baby clothes are small, stretchy and full of details.

If you are interested in a Stained Glass or Ultra Modern baby clothes quilt, let us know when you start your order. We can tell you if your baby clothes will work well for that style.

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Your First Steps

Transforming Your Baby Clothes Into
Your Dream Quilt Begins Here!

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use clothing from more than one child in the same quilt?

Can you use stained baby clothes?

What if I do not have enough baby clothes for the size quilt I want?

What if I have too many baby clothes?

Can whole outfits be used in the quilt?

Why do baby clothes quilts cost more than T-shirt quilts?

Are baby clothes quilts washable?

What Our Customers Are Saying

When we first started having kids people told us the days would be long but the years would fly by, and this has been so true!

We have given each of our kids a baby clothes quilt from Too Cool T-Shirt Quilts. The kids love hearing stories about themselves when they were younger and we love reminiscing together.

We cherish the opportunity to reflect on those long days and hold tight to those memories as the years fly by. Truly these quilts are as much a gift to us parents as they are to the kids.

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