jeanneb52

Great catch...I will definately do blue!

sweetana3

I picked up about 6 yards of car fabric (1940s cars in black/white/red) at a quilters garage sale and will be making some twin quilt tops for boys for our local residential home. I think a big disappearing nine patch would show off the fabric.

Last year I found gorilla family fabric at Eleanor Burns sale in Paducah and it was the basis for all my boy quilts. Green and grey were great together and I found some banana fabric at Joanns. Those gorillas made me smile every time I looked at them. i am going to keep a piece on my wall.

I will tell my mom in law to make more boy things. She does all her knitting and crocheting for a local hospital. Maybe I will use my coupons to buy some camoflage yarn. Thanks for the reminder.

Happy Tails

Really good thread. Maybe our shop owners can remember this when they order fabrics?

LoriMcc

I am guilty as charged. I will be more conscious and make more "boy" things! Thanks for bring this to our attention!

marymay

I have been donating to my local hospital for years. I have found this out also.Not enough for little (boy)babies.
so now when I do this. I make 10 for boys and 5 for girls.I have found that there are more for girl fabric then for boys.I shop at my local Jo Ann's/Wal Mart and Hobbie Lobbie.I find that I buy the same 4 fabric for boys.Boy babies do not care what they have it's a blankie and hat to keep them warm.1 blankie/hat pre baby.

grann of 6

This is good to remind people of this. I have 3 sons and 1 daughter, plus 3 grandsons and 3 granddaughters. So I have always been a boy knitter, and sewer. Quilts for Kids has been asking for more boy quilts, especially for the older ones. I make very few things with "girlie" colors. But if you notice when you go shopping, it is very hard to find soft baby yarn without it having some sort of pink in it. And most print fabrics seem to be girlie. If the manufacturers would cooperate, we wouldn't have such a problem with this issue. Thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention.

dd

Someone on the board recently asked for us to make pillowcases for a class project. Now I'm glad that when I made them I thought about making the more masculine looking pillowcases. There are also more boys being born recently, for some reason. They say more boys are born in times of war. Don't know about that but I know there is a lot in my area.

imdelagarza62

I tend to forget the older boys. I have to really think about more masculine colors or maybe denim as well.

jeaninmaine

Denim would work great for a teenage boy or a man. A nice flannel backing and it would be wonderfully warm and rugged.

thrums

Check out this link for an idea. If you look at the book on Amazon you'll find other ideas using the applique.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t159106.html