Pink And Grey Baby Quilt

A friend of mine asked me to make a pink and grey quilt... and I'm in love! It's so sweet and pretty! Can I keep it??? Puh-lease!

I spent SO long trying to figure out what to do with pink and grey. What shade of pink? What shade of grey? What pattern?! Picking a pattern for just two colours is sort of difficult for me for some odd reason. I think I decided on and scrapped about five ideas before landing on this one.

I pulled the fabric first... I went with mostly pinks from Bonnie & Camille because even though it's definitely not pastel, it's still not an obnoxious pink. I highly doubt too many people would find this pink too bright. And if they do, I shake my fist at them :) And greys are sometimes annoying to pick since greys come in SO many shades... too blue, too pink, always too something. But this is my tip in the fabric pulling process... don't obsess too much. If it feels right, go for it. It's only fabric.

Oh hi trimmings! This has nothing to do with anything but I love pretty trimmings in the bin :)

Anyhow, I finally landed on Cross Weave by Amy Smart from the book Modern Baby. (A book that I happen to also be in. Ahem. Heehee!) It's such a gorgeous pattern, and I thought it was pretty quick to whip up too.

As usual, I changed the pattern up a little because I can never leave well alone hehe The centre strips are written as 2" finished but I changed them to 1.5", so the block ends up finishing at 5".

I really loved making this quilt and I'm super thrilled with how it turned out. Definitely one I'll be making again!!

By the way, there's pics of the quilt in progress because that's when I started this post and never finished it till now, when the quilt's all done and washed! Doh! Procrastination Station!

Modern Baby Blog Book Tour Giveaway!!!

 *** THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED ***

Shut the front door! I'm in another book!!! And I have two quilts in this book too! I know, I'm just showing off at this point... Hahaha! Modern Baby is a really fun book with beautiful quilts, and I'm just thrilled that I'm a part of it :)

Both quilts of mine are bright and cheery, which is really my favourite thing to do when making baby quilts!

The first quilt I have in the book is called Floating Pyramid because... it looks like... a pyramid that is... floating. I am terrible at naming quilts, people.

This quilt was insanely fun to cook up, yet soooo frustrating at the same time. From the sketching, to deciding how to treat each coloured triangle, and finally figuring out how the heck to make those scrappy triangles in a way that made sense to others! I just love how it came out, especially because the triangles look like they're almost shimmering away. The neutral background is not something I gravitate towards, but I thought it worked so well with this quilt instead of just a flat, stark white background.

You guys might've seen Vertigo on the blog before... it's a really fun quilt where you can play with colours, values and hues. I've made this three times now (here's the second one that now belongs to my sister's bestie's baby) haha! Super easy and the fun lies in picking your colours! When I first made this quilt, it was really just me messing around with the fabric. The thing about improv is that you're not quite sure if it's going to work out, or how it's going to look. But thankfully, I managed to make the quilt how I'd drawn it up in my mind. Phew! I'm really looking forward to seeing what people do with this quilt... the possibilities are endless!

So, giveaway time!!!!!

You'll have 14... count them, 14... chances to win an eBook copy of Modern Baby! Just leave a comment and tell me a fun story about a baby or when you became a mother... or anything! You know me and my love of randomness :) I'll pick a winner on Tuesday April 30!

And after you're done entering the giveaway here, you can go check out my fellow co-authors on their blogs! Here's the blog tour schedule :)

April 18, Thursday       Jenny, StitchThis! http://blog.shopmartingale.com/

April 19, Friday            Shea Henderson, http://emptybobbinsewing.com

April 22, Monday         Jake Finch, http://generationqmagazine.com/

April 23, Tuesday        Audrie Bidwell, http://blueisbleu.blogspot.com/

April 24, Wed              Carolyn Friedlander, http://carolynfriedlander.com/blog/

April 25, Thursday       Melissa Corry, http://happyquiltingmelissa.blogspot.com/

April 26, Friday            Jen Eskridge, http://reannalilydesigns.com/blog/

April 29, Monday         Sarah Flynn, http://fairyfacedesigns.blogspot.com/

April 30, Tuesday        Dana Bolyard, http://oldredbarnco.blogspot.com/

May 1, Wednesday      Amy Smart, http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/

May 2, Thursday          Carrie Bloomston, http://suchitysuch.blogspot.com/

May 3, Fri                    Victoria Findlay Wolfe, http://www.bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com/

May 6, Monday            Lindsey Rhodes, http://lrstitched.com/

May 7, Tuesday           Pippa Eccles Armbrester, http://www.pippapatchwork.com/blog/

Good luck, and have lots of fun!!!