Needle and Thread Thursday #6: Update on Baby Quilts

Today I'm linking up to NIT Thursday to share

my progress on the two charity baby quilts.

If you came by on Tuesday, you've already

seen my first finished top.  More on how

that finished up here.

With the second quilt, I struggled a bit with fabric

selection. In my mind some of the colors in the

theme fabric just don't play well together,

especially when singled out.   Yellow and navy

were easy enough but I needed that third color.

Navy, yellow and....what?

Well, hey, nothing like pushing a comfort zone.

I hit a sort-of local quilt shop and brought home

three different fabrics to audition.  Not one was

a perfect fit but someone had to get the part.

I immediately set aside the green but I struggled

with two different blues.  I made trial pieces.

I asked opinions.  And then I slept on it.

A wise, older friend would often use

the phrase, "just punt!" when I was struggling

with a decision.  I think she would be amused

to know how often I think that phrase to myself.
After all the deliberation, I heard her once again

saying "Oh, just punt" so in the morning, I did.  

I think it worked.

(Pattern can be found here)

These rows will go together in no time today.

Then I'll get back to quilting the Snowflake

quilt--this time until it's done so these two

charity quilts can get submitted on time!

Happy quilting!