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:: May 31, 2008 Olive's Quilt
This is a quilt I made for Olive. I neglected to show you the awesome bunny her mama Gina knitted for Otto (uhh, last year ...); I will have to do that next! It's the Easy Lap Quilt pattern from Amy Karol's Bend the Rules Sewing Now, Olive is not a traditional pink-y kind of girl. I started making this before Olive was born and my Otto was new -- I think a small part of me was depressed about the relative non-cuteness of baby boy clothes so I totally girled out on this. I thought it was more orange and yellow, actually ... that's why it's a good idea to take pictures of your quilt top in the assembly stage; you learn truths that being up front and personal tends to hide! But I think (I hope!) that Olive and Gina don't mind this pink. More pictures: detail, quilting, and back. posted by in Finished Projects , Quilting
Comments We LOVE the quilt! And although we're not traditional types, I love pink (my wedding dress - and wedding hair - were pink) and am fine with having lots and lots of it around. And I think the color combination of this quilt is genius. The orange, yellow, coral... gorgeous. I also really appreciate that it is cute and young but not necessarily baby-ish. Olive will be able to appreciate it when she's older as well. Or if she doesn't, I'm taking it for myself! Thanks Kim! I am really touched by the beautiful gift. Posted by gina on May 31, 2008 11:02 PM So pretty! Posted by Michele on June 1, 2008 9:08 AM I thought I'd comment because today was the first day (after reading for two years or so) that I noticed that your site is called diorama-rama instead of diorama-mama. Not that it really matters, but it struck me as funny that I didn't know. Posted by mj on June 2, 2008 9:37 AM Love your fabric choices! Posted by denice on June 2, 2008 10:12 AM I'm generally not a big "pink for girls!" person myself, and I still love this quilt. It's great! And, speaking as the mother of a boy, I found myself throwing dark pinks into every project I could after he was born. It's just so nice to see something not powder blue for a minute, right? Even if you're going to give it away. ;) Posted by meg on June 11, 2008 6:48 AM Shouldn't everyone have at least a couple of girly things? I think so! Posted by Meg on June 12, 2008 6:32 AM What a lovely quilt! I'm not a quilter, but this one inspires me. Maybe I should try to make one myself. Posted by Kristel on June 24, 2008 5:21 AM You are one amazing woman....found out about you today from a gal who left a comment on my blog about true up Holy Cow I feel like I won lotto!!! Thanks for getting me and writing so enthusiasticaally about fabric in general you go girl!!! So glad that you are one of us never can get enough folks....Congrats on Ott and I love Olive's quilt...thanks for the iron tip I'm in the market..Jennifer Posted by jennifer Paganellli on July 3, 2008 6:06 AM this is lovely! I'm not much for pink usually either, but somehow having a little girl makes some of the pinks out there seem a little lovelier. Posted by laura on July 9, 2008 3:54 PM |
. So easy, in fact, that I went from my memory of the pattern photo and didn't even reference any measurements. I tried to do the quilting similar to