A Baby Quilt

People have often offered to pay me if I would make a quilt. And until now I have always refused. I feel that if someone gives me money then it has to be perfect, and since I am far from being perfect I can’t quilt for money. Sorry!

But S’s friend asked me if I would be willing to make her a baby gift for a friend who just had her first girl after three boys. I don’t know what possessed me to say yes… I might have gone to bed mumbling to M about why he didn’t stop me…! So, if S’s friend doesn’t like the quilt and my feelings get hurt, I can blame it all on M! :-)

The only guidelines I received was that it should be pink but not too much. Girly yet not too much… Hmmm, this is so vague that it is almost scary. But I think I found a good balance.

So here is one side:

The fabric with the hearts is my focus fabric. I used the colors of the hearts to pull the fabrics for the other stripes from my stash. It is pink with a healthy dose of yellow, green, and blue…

The other side is a novelty print from Michael Miller. It reflects the colors of the pieced side.

 I don’t know the name…  It is girly with a dash of sophistication. It makes me happy looking at it and that is all that matters.

The quilting is very simple. I sewed straight lines (kinda like zig-zag) from one side to the other. I deliberately went for the wonky look because I knew that I can’t seem to quilt straight lines :-)

All in all, it's a very simple quilt that can be done in a couple of hours minus the hand sewing on of the binding. It might be something you could consider making when you next get invited to a baby shower!

I am a bit worried about giving it to S’s friend. What if she doesn’t like it…?

Take care

Me