Ok you know the story of how the baker's kids always goes hungery.... Well, the same kinda goes for my daughter. She is three and this is her first from scratch quilt that I have made her. I have made her little baby quilts, the type that are made from leftover blocks of quilts the I have made before. Either the blocks just did not fit with the rest of the quilt so I had to make more, or I made to many in my zeal of block heaven (can you say math errors). She has also had multiple gifts of quilts from good friends, usually with strange names like: Acid trip, Puke me up Pink, Electron Cloud, and Picnic in the Park. All of her baby quilts are very bright, it hides the stains better. Well the colors of this quilt, as you can see will fit in very well with the rest.
This snuggle quilt is a complete accident. I am making a twin sized (sedate) quilt for her bed. The focus fabric being the Lakehouse Butterfly Breeze in pearl. With the main colors being pink and purple. If you look closely at the quilt you will see three squares that do not have any green in them. And those if they were a meal would be Mac and Cheese. Nice, filling and kinda bland (but in a good way). That is what the volume level quilt was supposed to be. Well I wanted to add a "bit" (three fat quarters) of not purple or pink. My best friend always says "Lime green is a neutral" and normally it is. But, this time it decieded to change the quilt's feel entirely. So I did the same thing with the blocks as I would in my classroom with an adnormally loud student. I seclude them in the front beside my podium so that I can give them the attention they need. And to also keep the other students from bending to the desire to talk out of turn, pass notes or do strange things with the chemicals in the lab. So I secluded the blocks, and gave a strong idea to tossing them out (most of the fabric is from my stash so it would not be that much visible cash in the circular file.) That idea was being debated in my head: do I toss the blocks because they are not playing well with others verses my love of bright colors and they might work with the right boarder and quilting. My daugther walked into the room, looked at the ironing board and said "Pretty" and then "I am chilly" which is code for I want to wrap up in a blanket. So her Snuggle quilt that was not supposed to happen occured. I decided to back it in lavender Minkey fabric as this is a Snuggle quilt (this is the first quilt that I have used Minkey) and the batting is Warm and White (I have half of a roll of this in my closet because I use it so much). This should lend itself to a warm, bright, and chearful quilt that is great for the rainy winter months. And though it was an accident some times you just need a little hot sause.
