Brights with Black and White

I love any excuse to make a baby quilt! This is for my husband's niece. I purchased the animal panel several years ago at our guild's quilt show. It has been patiently waiting in my stash for the perfect project. The Thicket Little Critter panel is by Gingiber for Moda Fabrics.

I pulled out my black and white prints and cut 3" squares for this quilt, with a few solids added here and there. I shopped my stash and found plenty of whimsical prints to add to the mix, and of course I have enough fabric to make five more quilts. The animals are surrounded with eight different solid colors and measure 9" x 12". The finished quilt is 45" x 54" so Alexis can use it as a toddler as well.

I often enjoy adding the baby's name with free-pieced letters, sometimes on the back and this time on the front. There were eight animals in the panel, so I decided positioning her name in the middle would be a nice layout.

I had fun quilting lines, loops and hearts. I used some of each solid color for a multi-colored binding.

I haven't started working on my green scraps yet, but there is some green in this quilt, so linking up with RSC and Oh Scrap!