Baby J's Owl Quilt

This is the first quilt I made this year. It was a gift to my niece for her Baptism. I wanted to design something pink and girlie, but add some bold colors too. This owl fabric, which was found by my 18-month-old son (long story, see below), allowed me to do just that. You will probably notice that the fabrics match what I used in my studio last week. Though they are the same, the quilts that will be available for purchase are slightly different in design than this quilt. I believe, just like snowflakes, no two quilts should exactly be alike.

I can't take all the credit for picking the fabrics in this quilt. My son helped me with this task. I went to the fabric store with another quilt fabric picked, a design, and a list of fabrics I needed for that design. However, once my son found this fabric, everything changed. 

He was home from school the day I went to the store because of a Teacher in Service day. I thought he would like being at the store and looking at all of the different fabrics with animals, shapes, and colors, but I couldn't have been more wrong. He began signing "finished" (something he learned at school) the minute we walked in the door. I ignored him and tried to engage him in a game of "I Spy: Fabric Store Edition". He was determined to leave and kept saying "Mama" and signing "finished". I quickly began searching through the aisles for the fabrics I needed. It wasn't until we were several aisles in and I had turned my back on him to look at a particular fabric when his attention was drawn to the fabrics. "Who, Who. Mama. Who, Who". I turned to find him pointing at this pink owl fabric. It was PERFECT for my niece. I scrapped my other design, found fabrics to coordinate, and the above photos show the results of the redesign I had to.