Gender Neutral baby quilt???
10-08-2011, 04:07 PM
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"Tom-Girl" friend of mine was all anti-pink when she was pregant for her little girl. She went green, yellow, brown camo! This is what I came up with for her.
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10-08-2011, 04:33 PM
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Oh the joys of working in a group .... might be better to back off on this one. Looks to me that you may NEVER please them!! And it could continue to be a fiasco throughout ... challenging (and perhaps ending) friendships.
10-08-2011, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by taiboo
That is what I thought too, but they don't want anything primary related LOL
Originally Posted by suern3
Taiboo, I think you have the best idea for a teacher. She will love to have the blocks the kids make, especially, and the primary colors you thought of using are certainly gender neutral which should satisfy the room moms. What a perfect gift!
10-08-2011, 10:49 PM
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Who came up with the quilt idea to begin with? Who will be sewing it together? And who is paying for it? If you, then why are the room mothers telling you how to make it? If they want to make one then they can choose their own colors.
10-08-2011, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by taiboo
this is what I choose for the quilt...I center square would be like a "teacher's name", class year, We will miss you etc... The individual squares would be sent home (muslin) and down in crayon and sent back to me to insert, the black you see as the sashing, is actually black with little primary colors numbers and ABC's...VERY CUTE
But they want the center square to be a little poem...something about 10 little fingers....10 little toes ... and the primary colors HAVE TO GO LOL
But they want the center square to be a little poem...something about 10 little fingers....10 little toes ... and the primary colors HAVE TO GO LOL
Originally Posted by QuiltE
I'm totally confused .... why would primary colours be considered as not gender neutral???
If the kids are taking them home to do something with them ... are you providing full instructions to the parents as to what to use, to ensure their work can be made permanent? And not disappear with the first wash?
What a kind and generous gift to this teacher.
PS ... don't forget to have the kids print/sign their names
If the kids are taking them home to do something with them ... are you providing full instructions to the parents as to what to use, to ensure their work can be made permanent? And not disappear with the first wash?
What a kind and generous gift to this teacher.
PS ... don't forget to have the kids print/sign their names
10-08-2011, 11:35 PM
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Try shifting the color wheel a bit on your colors- turn red to orangey-yellow that still maintains the warm color, give the yellow a shift to gold that will go well with the orangey-yellow but still not just blend, move the blue to a teal that goes well with the green. Then you almost have colors that are yellow and green in 4 different hues but just not quite, still a difference on the color wheel. It's very difficult to lose the primary colors because of their intensity, soft shades are probably not going to look as well with the kids' blocks. This doesn't sound like a quilt for pastel colors. It's too bad the mother's didn't just commission the quilt and then stay out of it.
10-09-2011, 02:50 AM
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I made several baby quilts in a sampler style with all different colors. I had bits and pieces of this and that and it also could be used as an "I Spy" quilt for a little one. "I spy an apple" or "I spy a bug", whatever! I have gotten a lot of compliments on making them. I also use pastels, bold colors (reds and greens and yellows). It doesn't matter. Just make something large enough and fun enough for a baby/toddler to keep warm with, drag around the house, the yard, in the car. I just gave one yesterday as a shower gift to my granddaughter. It was the hit of the shower. Pleased me, pleased my granddaughter and I know little "Bubba" will have a friend to take with him everywhere. Edie
10-09-2011, 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Xstitshmom
I had to make a gender neutral quilt and I used primary colors -- red, blue, yellow, green, orange. It turned out great!
I make all of my baby quilts with primary colors... they last longer in the child's life since they don't look so babyish AND babies see bright colors (and black and white patterns) much earlier than they will focus on pastels....
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