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Old 06-30-2013, 06:43 PM
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quiltingdragon
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I don't make "baby" quilts any more. I use tone on tones or prints that they won't be embarrassed by as a toddler, because the first quilt I made the kid refused to use it and tried to give it away to the little girl next door because it was "babyish". I do a lot of my fabric shopping at bugfabric.com or equilter. But I always ask the mom for a general color frame, because a lot of people do not want gendered baby quilts, especially pastels. I have one friend who is taking it to the extreme, everything neutral until the kid is old enough to decide if she wants girly colors and themes. The current quilt i'm working on she said "girly BRIGHTS, as bright as you can get it - I found a pattern of hearts on dark purple, and pulled the other colors from the print (fuscia, turquoise, lime, and lavender), which is my usual method.
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