After so many boy baby quilts, I finally had a chance to make a girl quilt in 2008. I hardly knew what to do. I was so excited to use some pink! For once I actually chose a pattern from a book and followed it - a rare thing for me. With all those roses, it doesn't look much like "railroad tracks," but that's what the pattern is called. I wanted roses because Ali's middle name is Rose. And when I found this rose fabric with the coordinating yellow with smaller pink roses, I knew it had to come together since her room was going to be yellow. The stripes are made by strip piecing a dozen or so different fabrics and then laying them out a little differently for each row. I found some white with pink roses fabric to work perfectly with the ensemble as a binding and I finished it off with a yellow satin backing. I love how multiple people have told me you can't put satin on the back of a quilt. What do you mean you can't? It works just fine, and the babies love it. Cool in the summer and soft on their skin.
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