I wanted to make a baby quilt for my co-worker, so I snooped around for her nursery style and colors. She showed me her picks that were mostly green and grey. I remembered I had a bag of left over scraps in this color scheme, so I pulled them out!
My ‘starter’ set, I’ll call it, didn’t have the darker green that she was using. I added in a dark green and it just fell a little flat for me. I took those out and added in a more greeny green and it worked.
You can see the process I took. I started with most of the original scrap bag, but to get to the baby quilt size I wanted, I had to keep adding to it. I kept with the same colors and shapes, mostly HST. Eventually, I got it where I needed it. When I do improv, often I have to figure out how to piece the different sized blocks. On my phone, I draw out how to group the blocks to piece them together.
I ended up at about 32×34 inches and I really enjoy the balance of the different blocks and colors!
Usually, I piece the back of my quilts. This time I was really excited about using the Charley Harper Bookends fabric, so I did a whole cloth back.
The cutest little baby was born in December, and I finished the quilt in January. A little late getting to her, but it was well received, and I love sharing my quilts with others!