French General Baby Quilt

This small quilt was made out of offcuts from another larger quilt. It seemed a shame not to use them and it came together pretty quickly. I added a strip of a khaki colored solid to make it bigger but it still only measures 30" x 36". It's big enough to keep an infant off the floor and could then be used later in a crib or over a car seat. 

I'm planning to donate it to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. My friend, Jeni, works there and they outfit all parents of newborns with a basket of supplies, including a blanket or quilt for the baby. The hospital at the nearby Naval Air Station has several hundred births per year so I may have found an easy place to make donations.