05/29/2026
as many of you know (because I won’t freaking shut up about it) I recently started my quilting journey, and have been forcing myself to take it slow and learn the craft correctly rather than letting my adhd take the reins (which usually means winging it, getting frustrated when it doesn’t turn out the way I want, and then giving up on the craft entirely.) and honestly, it’s been really therapeutic — chipping away at a project a little bit at a time and embracing the slowness of it. so before jumping into a full size quilt, I’ve been practicing with smaller projects that consist of individual quilt blocks or that feature one quilting skill at a time. and these patchwork baby crinkle toys are one of them!
this was heavily inspired by on instagram so head to her video if you want to make these because she does a way better job of explaining it than I do in this video 🧵🪡 the only things I changed were using a quilt block as my front piece, doubling the batting, quilting both front and back pieces, and using the bag from a box of cereal instead of crinkle paper from the craft store.
these little crinkle toys are a relatively quick project and make the perfect gift for new moms! my 3-month-old actually plays with his all the time and loves munching on it during floor time. perfect if you have a single quilt block laying around that you don’t know what to do with. in my case, these were practice blocks and some of the first ones I’d sewn, so they’re definitely not perfect, but luckily babies are a pretty forgiving audience 🤍
I’m going to be sharing more of these mini quilt projects as I work up to making my first quilt, so be sure to follow along if that’s something you want to see :)
Video by makingofme
