Choose Made

Choose Made Made specializes in handmade women's bags and donates 5% of sales to marginalized communities

Made is a collection of handmade bags for women and men, and an assortment of pillows made from international fabrics made by refugees in Salt Lake City.

05/19/2026

Step-by-step to PREP your high contrast quilt squares craft station at your baby shower 🏁

I’ll make a separate video for your guests on how to CREATE the quilt squares 🖤🤍

05/14/2026

How to prep high contrast quilt shapes and squares for your baby shower! 🏁

SQUARES
I’m making a 48”x48” quilt with 8” finished squares. That’s a 6x6 grid. I cut 9” squares so I’ll have a 1/2” seam allowance when I sew it together.

SHAPES
I printed my shapes on regular paper, then traced them onto the YELLOW GRIDDED side of Steam-A-Seam 2 sheets. I’ve seen tutorials that you can print directly onto these sheets, but you’d have to trim it down, so you’d loose sheet space.

You could definitely just let your guests draw their own shapes on the YELLOW GRIDDED side, or you can draw them beforehand. I wanted a specific look and certain shapes that represented my family 🖤

LABEL
Side 1 - Plain, no drawing
Side 2 - Yellow gridded, with drawing

ASSEMBLING
(1) Peel side 1 *Make sure you’re not peeling off the adhesive layer. That needs to stay on side 2*
(2) Stick to scrap fabric
(3) Cut out shape
(4) Peel side 2
(5) Stick fabric shape to square (opposite color of shape)
(6) Iron

TIPS
🖤 Have a finished square next to instructions as a demo
🖤 Or demonstrate for guests if you’re not doing it with them
🖤 Have a trash can nearby to throw away the scraps

I hope this helps!! What questions do you have??

05/01/2026

Yes, I did a zigzag on the raw edges when I was done 🤪🫣

Not a 30-minute project cause of the dang pockets, but I made it work! And it could definitely be done in that time otherwise!

I’m actually thinking of taking them off and putting them on the sides to look like cargo pants. 🤔

Anyone else prefer the more cropped pant look? There’s extra fabric in there to let it out when she grows too!

04/30/2026

Did I finish in time??

NOPE 🤪 I got hung up on figuring out the placement of the pocket and if it would actually fit in the pattern. And I still had to get ready and prep toys and snacks for baby girl.

Check back tomorrow for part 2 ✌🏼

10/29/2025

Throwback to 2023 🤰🏻

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