So I went with the odds. They were 5:1 in favor of a boy. Pretty good odds. I picked blue and red, green and yellow and planned a sort of nine-square style quilt. I was very happy with it. It's just what I would want if I had a new bouncy baby boy.
You know where this is going, don't you? Yes, instead of Michael John, they had Olivia Anne. And I started a new quilt. Now that it's all finished, I'm glad I guessed. They have a new girl, and a pretty pink quilt to wrap her in, and the bouncing baby boy of a deployed soldier gets a new quilt. I'm mailing it today.
Olivia's quilt. I love the colors.Click on the pics to see them up close.
Random squares -- my favorite style.
I used mostly fabrics that I had --
usually Peach's old clothes,
and a few bits that I bought to pull it together.
I wrapped some new pink clothes inside.
The boy quilt -- a nine-square style.Made from my boys' old shirts and a few new bits.
Off in the mail today.
What is up with this new trend of "we don't want to know until the baby arrives"? I am with you...I don't do green and yellow!
ReplyDeleteI love your quilts! That's it. I am going to have to try one. I always thought they were too complicated to even think of attempting. Do you have any helpful hints, books, websites, etc....
Do you machine quilt or hand quilt?
Your quilts are lovely - those are two very lucky babies receiving them!
ReplyDeleteIs there no end to your talents? Those are gorgeous, I love how you used old clothes too, what a great way to use things up.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine back in the states was having a boy. It was confirmed on three separate ultrasounds, so they decorated the room with John Deer and Tonka Trucks, had all the boy clothes bought, washed and ironed and it ended up being a girl! Yikes!
Matilda, I can't recommend any websites or books, but there are tons out there. I'll e-mail you!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteI have wished for so long that I could sew!