I KNOW that asking for quilting advice from multiple quilters gets multiple and often conflicting responses.........BUT my sister has asked me to make her a quilt and I can say nothing but SURE! When asked for colors, her choice is white ... many shades of white with maybe a little pale pink.
OK, here's the question. Do you think a D9P could work? What other pattern might work?
Her birthday is in early April so I don't have that much time and my stash is totally void of anything suitable even for a start.
Thanks, everyone. I'll look forward to reading the advice!

Have her help you pick the colors. Perhaps a log cabin or a triple rail fence pattern. I would think mabe a log cabin of the 2 I suggested. Hope this helps.

Chris

How about a whole cloth quilt; quilted with pale pink?

That sounds beautiful!

I like the idea of a whole cloth quilt, quilted in pink. Or large squares of different white fabrics with designs quilted in pink on each and maybe pale pink sashing?

White, white, and more white? I wouldn't use any pattern that relies on contrast between lights and darks (e.g. log cabin), because there won't be any. I would probably make something easy with fairly large blocks, like a YBR. This could get really interesting. Please post a picture when you're done.

Whole cloth quilt was what came to me when I read your posting something like a polished cotton that would have a bit of sheen to it. I like the idea of a pale thread for quilting

Triple rail fence might work in 3 shades of white,

My guess is that she really doesn't want white, but is just afraid of too much color. Choose 3-4 pale colors and have her choose the one (or two) to mix with white. All white? She might as well get a down comforter and be done with it.

I saw a quilt blog a while back with a very subtle shades of white quilt -- it was really lovely. I think the post title was something like Turning Down the Volume, but I have no idea which blogger it was.

RST

There was a picture of a quilt on here a month or two ago that was all cream and beige colors. It was really stunning, very soft and lovely.

White textures? Like pique?

I went to a discount fabric store yesterday in Tennessee that had lots and lots of White on White and cream on cream calico prints for $1.49 a yard. I bought lot of it because I thought it would make excellent background or backing fabric. It would work nicely for your project too. BTW, my kids and grand children live in West Palm.

Here is the link to the cream/beige quilt picture that I just referred to. It is a beautiful quilt!

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-76681-1.htm

d9p could workive seen some white smallflowers on white spots and stripes--use a pale pink as the center block i think it could look good--not for me cats +dogs muddy paws !!!!!

Maybe an Irish Chain with many whites for the background and pale pink for the chain. A narrow border in pale pink, followed by a wide white border, then pink binding. Quilted in pink or white or both.

What is a YBR?
Myrna

Yellow Brick Road

How about a French braid done in shades of white and the palest shades of pink?

Sue

I think a D9P would be great, maybe try whites everywhere except your center block, she asked for pink so help her choose a pink for that center punch of color, there are many white on white fabrics available, take her with you so that she feels that she is a greater part of the quilt production, and besides if she doesn't like it later on, she picked out the fabric :lol:

I did one of my first quilts in shades of off white- used Yellow Brick Road pattern- love it and proudly display it on our guest bed. Good luck.

I remember seeing one in a Kaffe Fassett quilt book once, but I can't remember which one. It was lovely.

What is a YBR?

Myrna - look at the post from wudbquilter a few below yours on the same day - the one that shows string quilts made on a 3" roll of adding machine tape. If you use only pink and/or white or pink and white fabric on a roll, then pick a quilt pattern to use the 3" pieced roll, you might have just what your sister wants - (or not - LOL). Just a suggestion!
Sally

oooh, that sounds beautiful! Great idea; may I suggest making the squares a bit bigger than most patterns? Saved my sanity when I was on my IC kick- still have a few blocks to finish.....where DID I put that? Getting organizedis a NYR- again!

I think this is a great looking quilt and would be just as beautiful in pale pink!

Most whole cloth quilts I've seen would take a long time to quilt unless you're planning to machine quilt - and April is pretty close.
I think dforesee's idea of large blocks in various whites and white on whites is a good one. Then machine quilt pink lines where you'd ordinarily have sashing and quilt a large design in alternate blocks with pink thread

A group of ladies from our church made a sampler quilt using only white on white, creams, grey whites, and very pale tan tones. It was presented to our minister upon his marriage. It was very beautiful and amazing how all the various pale tones did have enough contrast to see the pattern of each block.

Several years ago Alex Anderson did a book on all neutral color quilts. I saw one of them in person (during a quilting class by Paula)..it was all beiges/whites and then had a couple of teeny pops of pink thrown in at random. It was GORGEOUS! You might want to look on Amazon for the book (do an author search for Alex), the pics should give you some ideas. Good luck and be sure to post pics when you are done...

Could you be interested in pink pinwheels on white, with a pink boarder, and binding? You could have several prints of the pink to keep it interesting, or not.

I know this isn't all white, but it has a lot of it. The darker fabrics are all tiny red or raspberry colored flowers on black. I made it for my Mom but she said it had too much white for her (she had a lap cat)

I saw on a decorating show lately about decorating with white and they said to use all shades of white and off-white to pull it off, not pure whites. And to use different textures. It's too cold and boring. Tone on tones would help with the "texture" needed. A simple pattern of squares made of various width strips set on the diagonal would probably work.

A log cabin with whites for the light side and a lot of various pinks for the dark may work.

to Baloonitic ... This is really very striking, and must be more so in person.
I hope your mother is not really rejecting this gift just because of the cat? My dog loves to get on the bed when there is a quilt on it, so I am making her one to go at the bottom of the bed out of the "I don't know why I bought this" material! Maybe this will work for your mother.

I'd do a "Yellow Brick Road". The pieces are relative large and the blocks make up to 9". It's fast and easy and would show off different shades of white. If she wanted some pink in it you could always applique some pink flowers on the whites.

Oh, Thank you all for so many good suggestions. This sounds like a good one. I plan to take my sister shopping in my stash, take her to a LQS, offer her the pattern suggestions you all have shared and JUST DO IT!
At this point, I am leaning toward log cabin, rail fence and irish chain. I will leave it up to her. As for the great suggestions for the quilting, I must admit that that is my weakest point! I usually do the least possible, by hand, machine or even (gasp) ties.

What about the ten minute square with just a little pastel pink in the middle? I have tried this square with different sizes of middles. Might not take too long. If you are HQ, I would not use white on white designs. Those are hard on my hands and my needles. Good luck.

This is what I was thinking.

I am not sure how to do this so looked up the one I remember and saved. it was
posted 9-17-10 by miss_ticky2 it is whites and tan in a crazy quilt pattern
Really beautiful

My daughter and I recently made a quilt using all white, white on white and off white fabrics. It was elegant. It was similar to a turning twenty pattern. Nothing fancy.