a peachy baby quilt

I will admit, I was nervous that this quilt was going to be a complete disaster.  My sister asked me to make a baby quilt for her best friend.  I was more than happy to do it, but then she told me the colors: peach, coral, and mint.  I bought a couple of Les Amis prints and some mint colored Lizzy House prints, and then was very lucky to get a remnant bundle from Amanda with more Les Amis prints.

My sister told me that her friend likes chevrons, which reminded me of this quilt that I made a while back.  I made it by modifying Allison's wonderful Scout pattern a little bit.  I decided to use this pattern again but this time I wanted to make my quilt a little wider to take advantage of the full width of my backing fabric.  To do this I cut my fabric strips at a wider angle.

Of course it did not occur to me that this would also make my strips shorter so the quilt actually ended up 2 inches wider than it is long (44"x42").

My favorite part about the quilt is the backing.  I am in love with this print.

I had a really hard time getting decent photos of this quilt.  The weather in LA has been crazy for the last few days and it was a very strange color outside when I took these.  

I quilted diagonal lines 2 inches apart at a 60 degree angle which created diamonds.  

While I am happy with the finished product, mint green is definitely not my favorite color :)