Triangle Quilt for My Baby Alice

I wasn't sure if I would ever get to make this particular quilt, so this one is a particular pleasure to share. I've enjoyed making quilts for other people but making one knowing it was for a little baby growing inside me and kicking away as I sat at the sewing machine was a joy! We didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl (turns out my bump contained a gorgeous girl) so we chose a gender neutral palate. Colours were chosen by my husband. I'm really pleased with the result, I think it looks quite circusy.

The quilt design is the same one I used for my niece, so it's nice to have a bit of a theme running in the family. 

I used lots of animal prints on the back of the quilt. My husband really likes owls and so when I found fabric with owls on it I knew that we had to use that in the quilt. It turned out to be quite blocky but I quite liked the effect. I think I can imagine looking for the fox or the blue owl with my daughter in the future. 

I completed this crib sized quilt in my 37th week of pregnancy - so I was cutting it fine! The project got decidedly trickier the bigger my bump became. In the end Baby Alice was born exactly on her due date.