Opinions welcome
08-13-2020, 09:26 AM
#1
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 1,042
Opinions welcome
I am making this quilt to donate to the Special Care Nursery for the preemies. It’s a very pale blue. I’m not into gender specific colours so I figured this would be appropriate. A friend told me that I shouldn’t have quilted hearts on a boy’s quilt as that it too feminine. I admit that it didn’t occur to me.
I’d love to hear your opinions.
I’d love to hear your opinions.
08-13-2020, 10:22 AM
#5
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
Posts: 6,041
I'm perfectly happy with blues for girls and hearts for boys. For a friend's son I made a lovely graphic blue and yellow (requested colors) trip around the world baby quilt, one of which was a completely project appropriate floral print. Not a dainty one, just a bold bright blue and yellow and I got a couple of the same sort of comments here and there. Fortunately, not from the parents who never noticed and/or cared 
Not everyone has the same cultural biases. Not everyone likes the same things. In the guild I used to belong to there were plenty of sweet and girly quilts donated -- I'm not that sweet and so I typically deliberately make things that are appropriate but in non-pink or baby blue and more graphic than cute for the people/children/families that aren't that into sweet either. Plus having a son, I was also drawn to what other little guys might like better.
Not everyone has the same cultural biases. Not everyone likes the same things. In the guild I used to belong to there were plenty of sweet and girly quilts donated -- I'm not that sweet and so I typically deliberately make things that are appropriate but in non-pink or baby blue and more graphic than cute for the people/children/families that aren't that into sweet either. Plus having a son, I was also drawn to what other little guys might like better.
