*sparkler* baby quilt

A few weeks ago my sister asked if I would be willing to make a baby quilt for her co-worker's new baby.  At first I was going to say no because I have never met her co-worker and it seemed kind of weird, but I love my sister and I love making baby quilts so I said yes.

The colors that she requested were white, gray, various shades of teal, and pops of orange.  She gave me freedom on the design, but as I have discussed before, I have trouble with baby boy quilts.  I did have a photo of her baby's nursery so far and it was pretty bold and modern so I wanted to make sure this would fit in.

I decided to make a quilt similar to the Mexican Hat Dance quilt in Gwen Marsten's Liberated Quiltmaking II.  I bought this book after seeing versions of this quilt online (here and here).
Thank goodness for Carolyn Friedlander's (more or less) gender neutral Botanics collection because I relied heavily on it for fabrics in the quilt. It seems like almost every other teal or orange fabric I had was floral.

When my sister told me about the quilt she said that she wanted me to make a "crib quilt."  I assumed that she meant a normal, 45" x 60" crib quilt and started to make it that size.  I realized part way through that my math was a little off and the quilt was going to end up a little small.  When I asked my sister if that's okay she said yes because she didn't want a "crib quilt," she wanted a quilt to hang on the side of the crib.  Ha ha.  Hopefully it actually gets used and doesn't just hang on the side of the crib forever.  

This super terrible, blurry, dark photo is the someone the only one that I got that shows the backing fabric, which is Ann Kelle Remix.  Despite the bad photo, it is a great print and is one of my new favorites.  The binding is a gray Architextures crosshatch.

I took these photos in front of our church building after we left an activity for the kids this evening.  We walked out and the sun was just on the horizon and there were hot air balloons landing all around the building.  It was magical.  

Overall making this quilt for my sister to give to someone I never met was very enjoyable.  I will be sending it off to Denver soon so that it can be gifted at a baby shower.

Finished size: 39" x 52"