I feel like I say "finally!" a lot around here. :)
I had the top finished over a year ago... oops.
Since we didn't peek at little miss Scarlet's gender while she was baking, I had made a gender neutral quilt that I intended to take with us to the hospital (I had this dream of greeting baby #2 with skin, and then a homemade quilt -- but labor came on and progressed so quickly that there wasn't even a camera in the room with us when she was born, let alone a quilt). ;)
To make this quilt, I cut sixty degree triangles from 4 1/2" strips using this stack of fabric. My friend Lindsey made the original inspiration quilt for me, and I also loved Adrianne's little baby mish mash quilt.
And I really do think it works for either a baby boy or girl... which is saying a lot, because generally, I'm not impressed by gender neutral attempts, and think they look either boy or girl.
For the back, I used a big chunk of Tula Pink's Turtle Bay print from Prince Charming in the aqua color. I had originally intended to use the cream one, but couldn't bring myself to part with it once I decided I would probably be trying to sell this quilt. I finished off the side with the pastry stripe in the little folks voile.
I love that Turtle Bay print, and love how the voile looks next to it.
It's quilted with straight lines, 1/4" ish away from the vertical seams in both directions.
I had started to do the binding in the "saffron" voile, but changed my mind, and decided it needed to be cream instead. I think they look beautiful together.
I absolutely love this quilt, and think it turned out so beautifully, but because I have too many new fabric collections I'm eyeing, and because Scarlet's room is going ultra-girley, I've listed this quilt for sale. If you know someone looking for a gender neutral quilt, you can send 'em my way. :)
17 comments:
I gotta say , It makes me want to go cut triangles. It is really a sweet quilt.
Love it!
so pretty Tracey! I love the back almost as much as the front. Great fabric choices.
What a gorgeous quilt! Love it!
Oh it's gorgeous, and love the Tula backing!
so, so pretty! Love everything about this quilt.Now I want to work with triangles again.
What a gorgeous quilt, Tracey! I'm sure it will sell quickly at your online shop.
Karen
Beautiful!!! A very lucky baby will get to enjoy this quilt:-)
Gorgeous, Tracey!
Just love it! Nicely done, Tracey :)
I've never wanted to make a triangle quilt, but I love yours and now I'm rethinking, it's really beautiful.
Very cute quilt Tracey! It makes me want to make a triangle quilt! :)
I have loved this quilt since you very first started making it! I love the colors, the fabrics, the triangles and the backing. It's just so pretty Tracey, so so pretty! I'm sure it will go to a good home :)
Very lovely finish.
Really gorgeous, Tracey!
This is darling. I must do another triangle quilt ; )
Enjoy the pink while you can - my daughter, Anna, is seven now and won't wear pink at all. Makes me sad, but they have their own minds from very early on!
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