Monday, June 13, 2011

Pretty in Pink

Last Friday we had a small welcome celebration for baby G. May she have a long and happy life. I'm still working on the baby quilt for her. This is the first girly quilt (or the first girly anything...) that I'm making, and I'm very excited with the opportunity to use pink fabrics.

For a mother of boys I can't believe how many pink and violet fabrics I collected. Here is part of my stash:







It was good to pull out all these fabrics and design a small baby quilt. But then I had a surprise: the fabrics were all small print, similar to each other, and quite outdated (bought in the 90's). I had to add lots of new fabrics with large print to give the quilt more life and interest.


For some reason I really struggled with this quilt. I was not happy with the first design. It looked washed out and just not right. So I added some large print fabrics and deleted some of the very light fabrics which read almost like white:




This looks much better, but still something was missing. Maybe some blue? I added some blueish flowery fabrics:


No. These fabrics are simply wrong. Maybe I should give up the white sashing?




No. I like the quilt with the white sashing better. Maybe I should put the squares on point?





Much better. I think this is the way I'll make the quilt top.

No sewing for me yesterday, I went to Be'er Sheva (2 hours train ride) for my son's graduation (the father of baby G!). Thank god for all these happy occasions.

I'm linking to Fabric Tuesday Quilt Story and to WIP Wednesday.

Thanks for stopping by!






24 comments:

  1. Yes, you chose so well! The blocks look great on point and it all seems to have just the right combo of cute and pretty! Happy Fabric Tuesday! Riel

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  2. That's why I love my design wall! I think this will be very nice!

    LaDonna

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  3. Cool! I like it with the squares on point...I especially like the green It's a Hoot branches with the Anne Kelle owls!

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  4. Love your stash of pinks and purples. I have to say that I ended up using orange/green/blue colorway of fresh flowers for my two girls. Not a lot of pink in their lives, LOL!
    ~Kimberlee

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  5. I loved seeing your process! And I'm impressed with all your "girly" fabrics, too. Happy Fabric Tuesday!

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  6. i also liked your process. i love the white sashing and i love the fabric on point!

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  7. My vote is for with sashing, on point. I think it looks lovely :D

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  8. Really love how you've developed this it's going to be gorgeous!

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  9. That's where a design wall is so helpful. I loved seeing your process of deciding the layout. The quilt is going to be prefect for a baby girl.

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  10. The very reason to have a design wall! I lay mine out on the extra bed in the basement so it always amazes me how different it looks when I see it vertically. I think you chose well!

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  11. yes.....on point is wonderful...congrats on the girl. I am a mother of 3 sons and 4 grandsons...lol

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  12. Adore it on point! Isn't it amazing how much that orientation changes the exact same pieces in the same order?

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  13. Lovely! I adore squares on point, definitely the right choice!

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  14. I always enjoy seeing someone's design process. That is going to be a really cute quilt.

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  15. Putting those on point totally makes the top pop! Love it!

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  16. Love the squares on point! Funny how such a little change makes a big difference. (I really like the greens in this quilt too!)

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  17. I would agree with you. The blocks looks much better on point. I'm glad I'm not the only one who goes through several rearranging of blocks. The quilt is going to come out great!

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  18. I love the on point blocks - have been meaning to do a quilt in that design myself one of these days! Congrats on the new grandbaby!

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  19. I have to say I like the turning them on point made such a difference in how the quilt colors blend and pop (can they do they do both at the same time? I think so). Congratulations on making a grandchild's quilt--nothing better than this.

    Elizabeth E.
    http://occasionalpiece.wordpress.com

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  20. Oh, I like it on point too! Great fabric selection you have there!

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  21. I like the sashing and on point also.

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  22. Thanks for sharing your process! I think you are going to have a great quilt!

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  23. I've never thought about material being outdated...other than prints from say a children's movie or something.
    Most all my fabric is bought at yard sales and such...and what is marked way down at Wal Mart like to .50 and $1 a yard!

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  24. Very pretty quilt! I love seeing the process people go through to make their design decisions. In the end I think you made the right choices! It looks great. Thanks for linking up to WIP Wednesday. : )

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