Red, white and blue scraps combine to make this baby quilt using machine-applique and quilting techniques.

The simple lines of this quilt make it an ideal piece to practice or show off your machine-quilting skills. Use top-stitching/buttonhole twist thread to make the quilting design more prominent.

The first Ballet Angel Quilt was made for 3-year-old Johanna Hartsock, who is the real angel in her family. She has six brothers who adore her.

Frogs hop into the picture on this kid's quilt.

The quilt shown was made by Alsa Lacy Long Pressley before her marriage on July 25, 1916.

While I have no little boy in my life, my husband is a model railroad enthusiast. He enjoys this quilt, and perhaps one day we will find just the right little engineer to provide a permanent home for it.

Any little child would love this colorful quilt made with an animal-print fabric.

Three easy units are combined to create the larger all-over star pattern. Choose fabrics with contrast to make the most of the pattern.

Not every quilt has to be an heirloom. Before you get too upset with this design, remember that children love bright colors and are not concerned with taking care of their quilts.

Make this bright-colored and very active quilt for your favorite little racer.

This bright-colored baby quilt is fun and inexpensive to make. Make all the Scottie dogs from the same fabric or use dark-colored scraps to make this a real scrappy quilt.

I purchased one Sunbonnet girl block cut from an old quilt at the Great Midwest Quilt Show last year. The quilt shown combines that block and pattern with a matching boy pattern I designed to make a special kids' quilt.

Novelty prints make fun quilts. This pattern works to make a simple, yet interesting child's quilt.

Any boy would love to have a Soldier Boy quilt to snuggle with during the holiday season or any other time of the year.

The applique shapes on this Sweet Lambs baby quilt are surrounded by a cheerful pieced border constructed with the Drunkard's Path templates.