In preparation for the arrival of Addalyn in early November I decided to make a baby quilt to welcome her to the family. I tried to consider the family she would be born into and picked colors and fabrics reminiscent of her Mother's love of France and vintage yellow, beige, and creme. I also considered that her Father would want to build a blanket fort with the quilt so it had to be larger than 'baby sized' and would definitely need to cover her legs as she grew.
I considered that Addalyn would become the center of attention for many of the family, and in turn the family would become the center of attention for Addalyn so I picked a pattern called Square in a Square. The above quilt shows technically correct but rather bland design.
After walking past the quilt for about two weeks I realized the setting was entire all wrong, the perfect quilt for Addalyn is not a Square in a Square, so I repositioned the quilt blocks then cut off the extra fabric on all four sides to reveal a quilt set on point.
I call this new quilt design Diamond in a Diamond. As you can see, Addelyn is in the center of each block in a variety of colors: pink, blue, green, yellow, tan, beige, and black. Encircling the center block is a row of smaller blocks in various colors and patterns, these represent the numerous relatives she will share her life with. The third row repeats the center block and represents Addalyn encircling her family. Finally, blocks representing the family then connect each one of Addalyn's blocks.
Corner detail of striped stop border, outside border and binding.
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