A Pastel Baby Quilt

This week I've had to take a break from getting

rid of piles in my Hidey Hole.

A baby quilt is needed for a shower in February, 

which will be here before I know it.

I had to go fabric shopping for this quilt.

The mom-to-be is doing the nursery in

soft pinks and mint greens

and, as you can imagine if you've followed me for long,

I don't have many of those colors in my stash.

The mom is not a bright and bold color person,
so I decided to not shock her with my usual color palette.

It was fun wandering through the quilt shop pulling

fabrics that would be in the color palette.

Mint green is difficult to find right now.

Lime green.... not problem, but the mint greens were

few and far between.

I found a stack of fabrics,

started cutting the 2 1/2" squares

and began putting

Granny Squares together.

This is going to be a soft, quiet baby quilt

and I'm liking it!

 (My Design Wall needs some work!)

The colors are difficult to photograph,

but are in between these two photos.

I am using the little flower on white print

in between the blocks and will probably

use it for a border, too.

Two blocks are sewn together,

but not trimmed.

I don't think I've made a Granny Square quilt before

and am enjoying the simplicity of the design.

I'm not sure how many blocks I'll need

at this point. Enough 2 1/2" squares

have been cut to make a bunch!

Today I'm linking to Design Wall Monday.

Happy Quilting!