Yes, Ben is a popular name in my office! This Ben, and his wife Courtney, are expecting their third child, but aren't finding out the gender. This is always a fun challenge for a baby quilt, because gender-neutral tends to just wind up looking "boy."
I'm not a purist who says boys must have blue and girls must have pink, I promise you that! I decided on the flowering snowball pattern because I had just finished piecing the same pattern in a lap-sized quilt for myself. That quilt went to the back burner so that I could work on some baby quilts. Baby quilts are so much faster, and when you just want to have a finished product, baby quilts are the way to go!
The middle squares are green (Kona Grass Green, maybe?) and the white is my tried-and-true Kona White. I knotted navy yarn in the middle of each four-patch, and added corresponding navy-patterned binding. I stitched around the white circles, and left much unquilted so it would be all crinkly and lovely.
I found the backing in the clearance section of Joanns. It's a Denise Schmidt print, and just the softest fabric I've found in a long time. I loved how the print was just enough to not compete with the strong patterns of the fabrics on the front.
Two baby quilts down, one to go!
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