after seeing Champagnolles "bear in bed" I wanted to make one too.
I got 24 blocks, four each in the colors green, red, yellow, purple, blue and bright yellow. Two of each "girls", two boys.
Is there a "mathematical" way to lay this blocks out and do you think I should go with sashing or without like Champagnolle?

granny

the blue fabric has little stars

That is so cute!!! I like it with the sashing! Is there a free pattern for that quilt? My grandson would love it!! :thumbup:

I like it with the sashing. Those bears are really cute! :thumbup:

I really like the sashing…. It really showcases each block. Love the pattern…. Where did you get it?

This is sooo adorable...are the bears appliqued? I like it with the sashing.

OH THIS IS SOOO ADORABLE !

That is so adorable - I like it with the sashing.

Beautiful blocks. Love the sashing.

I just had the picture that Champagnolle posted on this board. Search for "bears in bed".
I made different 6"blocks and it is a great way to try out different patterns. I got most of them from quilterscache. The Embroidery design I got from allstitching.com. Originally the bears where carrying boards in their paws and the designer was so nice to remove them for me. Like I figured one gets the impression now that they lay under the blanket.

I like the sashing in blue!! nice work!

The lite fabric really makes them stand out nice.

Unbelievable! How cute is this?

Layout 4x6 or 6x4 or you might make one more bear under his quilt block and have a 5x5 layout?

I am partial to the brown for sashing but the blue is a second. It does make it a "boy" quilt then though. All of them are wonderful options. The wild side of me loves the orange fabric.

OMG they are soooooooo cute!!
I love the blue for sashing.

Too cute! I like them with sashing, and I vote for the brown.

5 x5 is not so good as the blocks are longer than wide. What I am not sure about is how to mix the colors. Always girl/boy/girlbear, but what about the colors of the blocks?

thank you all so much for the feedback. I would have gone without sashing but I think you are right and I also tend to the dark brown one. Its the same "wood" print as the bedframes and could go for the floor.........and then the blue with the stars for the night sky!?

That is so cute, I like it with the blue sashing.

Bedtime over here.........not just for bears :lol:
I keep all spread out and will look at it again tomorrow, sometimes that helps

Those are too!!! cute. Love the blue sashing with them.

The light fabric would be awesome!

Oh - absolutely adorable!

How about an attic window? Use a dark brown for the horizontal rows, a medium brown for the vertical rows, and a half square triangle (with the dark brown on the bottom left and the medium brown for the top right) for the cornerstones.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about only going to the left instead of the right:
http://www.quiltaholics.com/bom/attwin.htm

ok, just thought I would fool around in EQ5 to lay this out...just a suggestion

I like the blue and the lightest background print for showing off the blocks most effectively. I'd do the boys in the blue and the girls in the light print. Or if you use the brown or the tan make the sashing wider than what you show in the picture. It does look really nice as well.

ADORABLE!! Sashing please!

I like the sashing in brown.

I like the blue sashing...OH and love the quilt

Adorable!

Adorable quilt. I like the brown sashing.

Those are really cute! I like it with the blue sashing. Keep us posted on what you decide!

I love those bears!! And I would vote for the (1)brown or(2) the light one at the bottom. People will be begging yoiu for that pattern!!

I think I'm the minority vote; I think the yellow/orange dotted fabric would really pull them all together perfectly as almost every block has a bit of yellow on the bears themselves if not their quilts.

It is going to be a fabulous quilt any way you go!

I like the brown sashing for a boy and the "white" for a girl. To me, the sashing makes the block "POP"

Blue or the white.... they fade into the yellow. I LOVE THEM!!!!

Love it! Go with you idea; it will be stunning!

I like it both ways but my favorite is with the sashing.

That is Adorable !!! :)

This might not help, Like the checkerboard layout, if boardered, Brown or Light, could get wild and do a Brown/Yellow weave (brown aginst yellow, Yellow aginst brown, cornres 4 patch reverse, Gezzz i hope that made since. no matter what it's Great !! :)

Good morning and thank you all sooooo much. I will have to work today and tomorrow, but I hope to be able to try some things out tonight. Attic window sounds also very good!

I`d be lost without this board..................but on the other hand, without it I would never have gotten into this in the first place :lol:
Granny

That is a darling quilt! I like the brown sashing best. It makes the colors pop out at least in my eye it does.

I like Alienquilters idea of an attic window so much that I came up with these finalists. One time with girls, one time with boys.

What do you think?
the horizontal fabric of the two brown versions could also be switched

oh, I like them except the red, which is probably not an accurate color..but I like the concept!

none of the fabrics are red :oops:

the vertical at the left is clearly brown and the one with darker flowers is getting into orange with brown dots in the center of the flowers. Whitch one do you mean?