pretty in pink {a baby quilt}

A while back I was asked to make a simple pink baby quilt. I raided my stash and put this pile of pretties together.

I decided to add a little bit of green to complement the pinks and to keep things from getting boring and flat. Plus, who could possibly resist these tiny adorable Heather Ross mice? :)

I went back and forth on what design to go with until I finally settled on the same one I wanted to do in the first place, a simple patchwork using 3" squares. I pressed, and cut, and pinned, and sewed, and pressed some more, and a few hours later I had this 36" quilt top all finished.

A gorgeously soft pink minky seemed to be begging to be used for the backing, so I happily obliged.

I then did simple straight line quilting outlining both sides of each seam and finished this lovely off with white and pink polka dotty binding.

 I must say, there was a point while making this quilt when I questioned whether the small size of the squares will cause the whole quilt to look too busy, but now that it's all finished I do like the way it turned out. I think all these fabrics mashed together make for a very lovely romantic quilt.

And, I already have a new stack of blue and green pretties ready to be turned into a matching baby boy quilt. Can't wait to start cutting :)

Thanks for stopping by. Svetlana

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