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Originally Posted by fudge and furs

This is my very first baby quilt for my first Great Grandchild. Not the conventional kind, but that is the way I wanted it. a little bit quirky like his Great Grandma . :lol:

My son told me I'm the "cool, funky" grandma...lol. It's fun to be the quirky, cook, funky...the grandchildren will love spending time with you and I. :)

I love your idea of the k8ids drawings and primary colors. Having done one similar , trust me the teacher will LOVE it always.

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Originally Posted by marketwoman51

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Originally Posted by fudge and furs

This is my very first baby quilt for my first Great Grandchild. Not the conventional kind, but that is the way I wanted it. a little bit quirky like his Great Grandma . :lol:

My son told me I'm the "cool, funky" grandma...lol. It's fun to be the quirky, cook, funky...the grandchildren will love spending time with you and I. :)

You are so right. I have 16 grandchildren and 5 greats with one on the way. When we all get together they just love telling grandma stories. PS, the picture is shown on another post.

I always go with Kona bright solids for my crib quilts.
Green, purple, orange,red, and yellow.
You can do a string quilt and use a lot of bright children prints in the above mentioned colors if you have them in your stash.
I stay away from pinks and blues.

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Originally Posted by taiboo

Can anyone tell me good colors for this kind of quilt?

I know Green, Cream, yellow.....

Can you put pinks, blues, browns in a gender neutral baby quilt?

I'm soooo lost on what to do.

Thanks
Kimberly

I would use prinary colors :thumbup:

My baby's room is gender neutral even though I new I was having a girl. I made her nursery a turqoise blue ocean theme, main colors being a pastel turquoise, pastel green, and a pastel purple.

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Originally Posted by MisDixie

LOL, I know your delema! My DD wanted a "non traditional baby quilt" a few years back. At least I had a gender. For a girl, she picked out pink, orange, brown and gold batiks. Most pretty quilt. Made it big enough for the kid to drag it around for years.

DD wanted it as a gift to friends. I am not a Grammy or never will be according to my only child, the DD.

My youngest daughter said she would not have kids. I'm now the grandmother of beautiful identical twin girls. I made them in quilts (blankies). Now matter what covers they have on their beds, the "blankies" have to be next to them, then the sheet, etc. So, never say never.

Taiboo, What you have drawn up is perfect I think. If you are making the quilt, then do it how you want it. If the other mothers want something different then let them make another one themselves. The baby will love the bright colors as I am sure the teacher will. Even if the children just drew around their hand & put there name inside would be cute. You are making it so you decide. Can't wait to see your quilt finished.

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Originally Posted by Maia B

Primary colors? Btw, I've been a labor and delivery nurse for over 15 yrs, and it seems very few parents choose NOT to know the baby's sex before birth. We LOVE it when they don't know ahead of time. Honestly, how many pleasant surprises are left in life? There are plenty of UNpleasant ones: medical diagnoses, fender-benders, lay-offs. Humanity did fine, not knowing, for all of human history, now all of the sudden, it's a huge inconvenience not to know? One of my favorite birth memories was a woman with 5 girls, having her 6th baby, take her just born baby from the midwife's hands, kissing the baby and saying, " my love, my life, my precious one, my treasure", to her 6th girl. Just sayin'...

My daughter was one who chose not to find out, I was sure it was a boy, she was hoping for a girl, first quilt I made was in green's, I hated it when it was finished so off the the sewing room I went. The second one was yellow panels with 6 blue and 4 pink panels adding in white with handprints or footprints. I like this one better. And to let you know how sure I was, I had to look twice when she was delivered, it was a girl.

I agree, make the quilt you planned. If the room Moms want something else let them make it.