A baby’s birth has always been a celebration . Friends and family welcome the newborn with gifts. If you are looking for the most fabulous luxury baby gift that will become a family keepsake, then the best personalized baby gift is a baby quilt.

Custom baby quilts have a long history.Years ago, friends and family would hand sew patches of fabric together at old fashioned quilting bees. When a newborn arrrived, the community would hand sew these squares together in a traditional pattern. Often the squares held clues about the family’s history, occupation or interests. Almost always, a patch was added at the back of the quilt with more information. If the baby quilt was the work of the community, it was noted ;or if a single quilter had completed the quilt, it was signed by the crafter and the date was included.

Most families, don’t have a grandmother or friend who can create a custom baby quilt. Most communities no longer hold quilting bees to create these magnificent works of art. The art of custom quilting is no longer readily available. Where to find these keepsake quilts, becomes more difficult each year.

In a few communities the tradition continued and these magnificent quilts of the past are still available. www.namelynewborns.com has searched throughout the country and uncovered several qualified quilters who will duplicate these incredible custom quilts.

You can choose from traditional patchwork quilts in your choice of colors. Here we have done in brown and pink. You can choose your own custom color scheme and add baby’s name and birthdate.  www.namelynewborns.com can offer you the ability to create your own contemporary design. Pictured is a contemporary hand crafted ballerina quilt. All quilts are made of 100% cotton fabric and our quilters use hypoallergenic batting to insure your baby’s comfort . Quilts are usually 40 inches by 54 inches. But they can be customed to fit your crib or stroller. These beautiful personalized baby quilts can be hung on the wall in the nursery or play room as works of art. Baby quilts can be used for tummy time or to put baby to sleep in a unfamiliar crib.

Personalized baby quilts are hard to find; we are proud to offer names and birthdates on our custom baby quilts so that your baby can enjoy a treasured keepsake made in America just for him. For the ultimate personalized baby gift, let us help you create a custom baby quilt.

Beautiful Ballerina handcrafted contemporary quilts

Handcrafted baby quilts are the ultimate luxury baby gift

Sometimes , you just can’t find the right baby blanket for your baby  gift. The colors are not quite right, the size is off and you don’t find anything on the shelf that is really special.

At www.namelynewborns.comwe can easily solve this problem by helping you create a custom handcrafted baby blanket in the colors of your choice and, of course, personalize it with beautifully embroidery that spells out baby’s name.

Here are five sure fire tips to custom the perfect handcrafted baby blanket.

1. Find a price range that works for you.

2 Choose the size that works. Decide if you want a blanket for the stroller, crib or carseat.

3. Pick out your favorite color for the field. Find complimentary colors for the accent color. Make sure that the colors are contrasting enough so that the name and accent shows up. For example, choose a light and a dark color so there is a balance.

4. Make sure that you have spelled the baby’s name correctly. Once the name is appliqued or knitted into the blanket; there can be no correction.

5. Now this is the hard part. Try to find a theme that will please the family. Are they football fans? Do they like to boat?  Here’s where our personal baby shopper at www.namelynewborns.com can help you. She will help you answer questions about the family. She will share the most popular styles that appeal to most customers.

Would they appreciate a traditional blanket with a knit monogram?  What is the style of the nursery?

Here are two of our favorite custom blankets.

We recommend the beautiful lush blankets by Boogie Baby which have choices of many different types of fabric from velvetty minkys to soft faux furs. Each Boogie Baby Blanket can be made in 4 different sizes from mini( 18 inches by 20″), stroller, crib and finally oversized for a toddler. There are over 50 styles to choose from including sports, dance, flowers, shopping, transportation and too many others to list. There are ten color choices for the field of the blanket and ten color choices for the accent.In addition you can choose two or three other colors to compliment the color scheme. The letters can be appliqued in one color or a rainbow of colors – again it is your choice.

Butterscotch Blankee is another luxury custom blanket that specializes in custom knit designs in over 20 field colors with 20 different accents. There are over twenty fabulous designs including monograms, animals, sports, flowers and more.These  800 combinations can be further customized by choosing one of six fabulous fonts. Butterscotch Blankee is availble in a crib size blanket for $130 or a stroller size blanket for $56.

A perfect custom baby blanket from Butterscotch Blanket is a winner for baby boy!

Every baby girl is sure to love a cupcake custom blanket; make sure your perfect the color of her fav flavor

Popular Football BlanketOur Favorite Crib Butterscotch Blankee

Namely Newborns thinks handcrafted and custom baby blankets are here to stay. OnThursday, October 27, the NYTimes Style featured an article stating that handcrafted and vintage items are passe and modern commercially made was in. We totally disagree and would like to feature the beautiful custom blankets of one of our favorite boutique companies- Butterscotch Blankee as our rebuttal. Who would pick up a plain pink or blue blanket for a baby gift when you can order one of these fabulous blankets.

Butterscotch Blankee is the brainstorm of a talented young Florida Mother ,Jodie Roth who has created a line of  high quality baby blankets available in three sizes & several price points that can be totally customizable. She employs 8 talented  knitters Her blankets ship quickly – usually within 10-12 days which is amazing for a custom product. Each of the 36 blanket designs is available in 19 colors plus another 19 colors that you can choose for the accent and personalization. This gives  you a total of 261 posssible color combinations. Not to mention 6 different embroidery fonts. If you multiple te 261 color combinations by the 36 designs, you have 9,396 possible blanket styles.  Your baby certainly will not see his blanket on every stroller in town.

Butterscotch Blankees are available in a generous 36 by 53 inch  crib size in acrylic and cashmere , a stroller blanket and a throw for the older child.  We love the perfect size of the stroller blanket and our customers love their $52.00 price – for a fraction

price  of the crib blankets, you can custom a 22 by 30inch stroller size blanket in these same gorgeous color combinatons and most of the designs. Customers rave about the stroller blankets; they have so many practical uses. They are  a wonderful size to cover baby in their carseat and great for travelling. When baby wants to carry a blanket;  these are the blankets that baby can hold on to with out dragging the blanket on the floor. Butterscotch Blankee Stroller blankets will even fit into most diaper bags.

With all of these possible color and design combinations, Butterscotch Blankees will have a perfect blanket for most nurseries. Most of the blankets allow personalization of names and initials; many of the blankets have room for the birthdates. When you give a custom baby gift , especially a personalized one, it shows extra love and caring. When you choose a Butterscotch Blankee, it is a simple process to give an extraordinary baby gift, one that will surely become a keepsake.

• New Sleep Measures for Infants have been issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics aimed at reducing sleep-related deaths in infants. We have heard the rumors for years that  bumper pads that were puffy were not recommended for cribs. Now the AAP has definitely ruled agains all types of bumper pads.”There is a potential risk of suffocation, strangulation or entrampment.” To comply with this, We have decided to remove all crib bedding from our website since most sets come with bumpers.

Since 1992, the pediatricians’ group has suggested that parents place babies to sleep on their backcs as a way to reduce the risk of SIDS.  Since June of 2011, federal standards for cribs make it illegal for traditional drop -sided cribs to be sold or resold. We caution all Mothers to check their old cribs for this feature and replace the crib if it has a drop side. Avoid hand me down cribs. Be careful when borrowing cribs from friends to check this feature. As a Grandmother, my friends and I have always shared old cribs for the vacation sleepover.  Now , we will have to look elsewhere for the vacation crib.

About 2,500 babies die annually from SIDS.  The number has declined from over 4,000 in the early 90′s ; hopefully because of new precautions. This is a matter to be taken seriously.

With all this said, new Mom’s still want to decorate their nursery. What will replace the baby bedding as the focus of the nursery

Baby bedding was always the most important decorative element in a nursery.

Mothers who want to be extra cautious will now have to look to other key elements to accent their nursery.

Here are our suggestions;

• Pretty sheets and dust ruffles are still a great way to introduce color and design.
• An area rug is another excellent choice , especially if it is placed beside the dressing table  to provide extra protection in case a rambuctious toddler rolls off the changing table.
• Wall paper and paint will have to be the primary decorating tools for the twenty-first century.
• Beautiful stuffed toys
• Stepstools
• Play tables
• Drapes and Shades
• Baby Quilts Can be Hung on the Wall
• Nursery Wipe Box in beautiful fabrics

Baby Quilts Can be a Feature in the Modern Nursery

Nothing beats the blues better than adding a little luxury to your life. Buy your favorite nail polish in an exotic shade; treat yourself to a luxurious massage. If you are a indulgent mama, buy a luxury item for your little one.

If you think about it, nothing is as luxurious as the feel of cashmere. A cashmere outfit for an adult can be over $1,000; but cashmere baby blanket for a baby can be  purchased between $100 and $200 . One of our crafters will handstitch a patchwork blanket of unbelievable soft cashmere squares for $120.00 These upcycled squares are collected from fine cashmere sweaters. The crafter washes them carefully and then cuts them into squares which are fashioned into a unique baby blanket. Every blanket is one of a kind in varying shades of pink or blue. The pink cashmere block blanket has the added detail of hand felted flowers. Each flower is intricately crafted and securely attached the  baby blanket.

Our supersoft cashmere baby blankets are available in a classic Ralph Lauren weave with hand crocheted edges. For $200 baby can be wrapped in luxury and you can enjoy the luxurious feel of his supersoft cashmere blanket when you cuddle him or tuck him in the stroller or crib. This gossamer soft blankets are available in blue, cream or pink. Free personalization with baby’s name and birthdate is available. You can also choose a beautiful three letter monogram for the final touch of class and luxury.

Luxury for your baby is spelled cashmere

Fall is in the air and thoughts turn to nippy nights and warm blankets. Faux fur is back for the fall. There are beautiful faux fur blankets from Little Giraffe, Bearington Bear and Barefoot Dreams. Wrap your little diva in fur and you can’t go wrong.

For both boys and girls cashmere is classic. Live the life of luxury from the very beginning with a classic cashmere blanket. We have  a gorgeous gossamer light cashmere in pink, blue and ivory. Similar to the familiar Ralph Lauren knit, this gorgeous baby blankets will make a statement of elegance wherever they go.

Classic cashmere sweater

:We have another adorable cashmere sweater that is handcrafted. The crafter boys reusable cashmere sweaters and auction. Once she has accumlated enough sweaters to cut out patches she proceeds to make her beautiful custom baby blankets from upcycled cashmere. They are 25 by 32 inches of luxurious cashmere that are one of a kind masterpieces.

Look for sweaters for a light cover up for baby’s over six months. We have custom handknit sweaters that are absolutely gorgeous for baby boys in football and truck themes.  These handknit custom sweaters are available in 12 month size for immediate delivery.

Nothing keeps babies and toddlers warmer than a hat. Remember that 20% of all body heat escapes through the head. So if you have your baby’s head covered, he will be 20% warmer.  Here are some gorgeous custom hats from Butterscotch Blankees. They come in 19 colors and have over 18 colors for the accents; giving you unlimited combinations like lime green and aqua or brown and pink. Colors that aren’t easily found in a store. Plus these hats are personalized, so you can add a name or initial for the final touch.

The newest news in baby essentials is a desire for stuff that is handcrafted and artisanal. Our world keeps moving faster and fashion has become more disposable. No one cares anymore if you have the latest name brand. It’s not so luxurious to have something everybody else has .  No one wants to see  their favorite baby blanket on every stroller and have the same shopping cart cover as everyone else at the store.

This post-recession wariness of conspicuos consumption  and an interest in saving the earth has changed the definition of luxury. Fashion forward Moms are more interested in what is real and lasting. People have begun to cherish the handmade blankets and baby quilts that grandma use to make.

If you don’t have a crafty aunt or grandma, you can still find amazing one of kind handcrafted blankets and quilts. At Namely Newborns you can adopt a creative Grandma by the name of Kay. She makes fabulous stuffed toys like the Humpty Dumpty pictured above. Baby’s name is needlepointed on a wrist band attached to the doll’s wrist.  These dolls can be made in any color combination to match your nursery.

 She also sews many of our luxury quilts. Using old- fashioned skills combined with modern fabrics and technology , her quilts are 100% cotton ,machine washable and stuffed with hypoallergenic batting so the most sensitive baby will sleep comfortably under these works of art. She uses old fashion patterns like the rocking horse pattern or modern ABC patterns.  Each quilt is made individually and she often needlepoints names and birthdates to personalize each quilt.

Handcrafted blankets by Michelle are another way to enjoy a bit of tradition. Michelle is a young artist who has designed a line of whimsical cotton and minky blankets and quilts with beautiful animals like elephants and giraffes as well as  butterflies. The hand of the artist is evident in the intricate stitiching.We add baby’s name and birthdate with our custom embroidery. No other baby will have exactly the same blanket.