One of my favorite things to sew is baby blankets and quilts. I don't make traditional quilts - there's no fancy quilted design and I have never felt the need to display a quilt I've made (I only hung this so it was easy to see lol). Instead, I make quilts you can use anywhere - on the floor, the lawn, the car...and then throw in the wash and use it again. Don't get me wrong I LOVE "real" quilts, I just don't like to make them for babies. Most of my quilts are made with cotton flannel and quilting cotton fabric. Sometimes I use Minky because it's just...so..soft...but I have a hard time reconciling the whole less chemical lifestyle I want to achieve with the plastic and chemicals that minky is made from. I like to say my quilts are user friendly ;)
So my point is...well nothing really. I just wanted to share the quilt I made with Felicia to donate to a friend's auction. I thought I should have more than "I made a quilt" for you to read ;) We wanted to make a gender neutral quilt so that anyone could enjoy it, but I like to think of it more as gender inclusive. I have always thought gender neutral leans more towards 'boy acceptable' colors - where are the pinks and purples? Why is orange or blue ok for boys and girls, but not pink?? Silliness! So we designed a quilt (well, actually an entire crib set) that has all of the colors represented and it still has a fun theme! I fell in love with it so I may have a half finished crib set for my non-existent nursery lol...(You may or may not know I love trains, so yeah I had to have it). My plan is to make several different crib sets to use eventually - just for fun and because I am an unrepentant collector of adorable baby print fabric!!
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