Cutting up those cute clothes

Well, in between some small freelance jobs I have been able to start cutting up the material for Jakob's one year quilt. The reason I make the squares only 5" is because with newborn clothes it is hard to get a 6" square out of them. I just make sure that when I sew the squares together I am only sewing in about 1/4" so I don't loose the size or any of the design. The difficulty will come when you try and get a square from a zipper or button up sleeper. Most likely you will have to include the seam from the underarm, but that is just added character. I also cut out a swatch from the back of the sleeper. Make sure when you are placing the outfit on the cutting board, you don't stretch the fabric. You stretch it and your square will be smaller than 5". Lesson learned from last time : ) Here are some pictures of how I cut out the swatches.