I made this belated baby quilt for Alexis and Andrew L. for their newest addition to the family, Claire, who arrived a few months ago but I was only recently able to put aside time to get this completed. Claire's cousin Vibeke was born a few months earlier, and they live quite close to each other, so I wanted to bring a little bit of what was happening in Vibeke's quilt into Claire's. That mainly came into play with the border fabric (which is the same as the background fabric in Vibeke's) and the general colorful chaos (which I can hardly help in the best of times) #rainbows4evah
For this quilt, I collected some bright primary colors, and a few of my (rare) neutral prints (greys, beiges and white tones) to make a series of diamond blocks sitting in a more neutral background. From there I framed each of these in a fun diamond fabric, and encased the whole thing in a very narrow yellow border before going into the blue outer border to finish. To be honest, I wasn't sure if the yellow was going to be too thin, but in the end I really like the super narrow sashing--- makes it feel even more like a bit of lattice work, or a window pane.
Anyway, once sandwiched, I quilted it simply by echoing the diamonds a few times, and following along the narrow yellow sashing. I backed it all with a fun complimentary graphic floral fabric, and bound it in dusty rose. I hope Claire likes her new quilt, and she and her cousin enjoy some of the complimentary colors between their two blankets!