Originally Posted by
Scissor Queen
It's been a year since the last three baby quilts I made. I don't use "baby" fabrics. I may use pastels but they're not baby prints. Two of the last ones I made were dark jewel tone prints and they turned out really pretty. I'll be making a baby quilt right after Christmas and it's going to be taupe, gray, white and pink on an ivory background that has a taupe and gray floral print. The fabrics are just gorgeous together.
The main reason I don't use baby prints is I don't want the girls rejecting the quilt when they're two or three because it's "too baby" for them now.
Thanks for that piece of advice! The one about rejecting the quilt when they're two or three because they're "too babyish" for them. I was just about to start on a quilt for a boy, and had planned the typical baby quilt, but hadn't bought any fabric yet. Wow, if anyone is going to reject something "babyish", it's a boy. So now he's going to be getting a much different quilt, something that would hopefully last through the early years without rejection. No baby fabrics, but a really fun design that would appeal to any age. It's going to be fun putting it together!
I read more of these posts than I respond to, and it's just for gems like this that I do so! Many thanks!