Originally Posted by
Onebyone
New baby decor and colors are all for the mom, not the baby. Make the quilt your DD wants and then all the others can be your choice. Both my DDs were that way. A few quilts later for the grands, they admitted the baby quilt they chose wasn't all that pretty compared to the play quilts I made.
I like this advice.
I put together a color combination I didn't like. I ended up stalled on the quilt for quite a while even after removing those parts until I figured out what I really wanted to do. I simplified my color choices and have started working on it again. I found that I am just not motivated to work on projects I don't like. The quilt is for my grandniece. I have the advantage of my niece not knowing I'm making the quilt so all choices are mine. This one is a girly as it gets. All pinks, whites and lavenders in the main body of the quilt with Sunbonnet Sue medallions in the corners. I'm somewhere around 1/2 to 3/4s of the way done with the top now and am making good progress.
Make the quilt your daughter wants (it's her colors, she can't blame you if they don't work out) then make the quilt you want to make as a reward to yourself for finishing that one.
Rodney