New Quilt Top

Yesterday I finished my next quilt top, made for a present for some soon to be first time parents. They don't know it's coming and I really hope they will like it. I'm absolutely in love with it and I'm debating making another one just for myself!

My original plan was to make an oatmeal coloured quilt, as the gender of the baby is still unknown. However, my 'neutrals' stash is pretty poor, so I bought some Dylon dyes to try making some very pale pastel colours to mix in. A couple of not so great attempts later and I had a very light shade of blue to use and a gorgeous yellow and green. I found a lovely grey check fabric in Ikea (and subsequently saw the same favric in their home already - hurrah!!) I love seeing quilt colours come together and soon I ended up with these...

GORGEOUS!!

Was worried about the hand dyed panels running in the wash but thankfully they didn't.

The backing is currently drying and then I'm ready to make the sandwich and start quilting. I'm going to hand quilt this one - a big challenge, but one I'm really looking forward to!!