amelia0607

Am currently finishing quilt for my first granddaughter - purple, yellow, blue with a small bright pink inner border. Back will also be bright pink. Will be making a sailboat quilt for my other daughter's baby when the time comes - regardless of sex - it will be sailboats. I will be using colors to make it more of a girl or boy quilt. If girl, bright pinks, limes, yellows. If boy, more primary colors - red, blue, yellow. At least these are my thoughts now!!

mrsjdt

I usually go with pastels of pink, blue, yellow, mint green and lavender

quiltingshorttimer

If I have no time and the quilt is for someone that I want to give a handmade quilt, but not spend lots of time on, I'll use a panel with some added borders. Otherwise I like brights, with a theme that the Mom may be using in the nursery.

I have to share a story on myself. Few years ago, while visiting a super friend, we shopped for fabric for a quilt for her first born g-child--a boy. Since they were from northern Michigan, I wanted to use fabrics that would represent the woods, in strong colors. Well, I did--a split rail design, strong colors, not sure I liked them together at all--like I told the new Mom, never should two very old friends pick fabric AFTER a lunch sampling at the local micro-brewery!

Gerbie

Just depends on what I have handy to use and what pattern I choose. If I know the gender, I may choose pink or blue, but then I like pale yellow and pastel green to make for little ones, and as someone else said, I try not to make it too babyish, so they can enjoy the quilt as they get older. I personally don't care for red or black for a baby quilt, unless these colors are scattered in with other bright colors. I think anymore unless parents are color picky, almost any color will work, especially pastel colors.

Jeanniejo

I usually use bright colors and make it large enough so it can be used when the child is much older. Not so much babyish.

katykwilt

The rainbow is my palette. My preference -- not so important and my inspiration. My very first baby quilt was almost 40 years ago -- the first one I hand quilted. I used whatever fabric I had including a lightweight denim to do the sea for Noah's arc loaded with animals. None were dressed in pink or blue -- but I have used those colors -- mixed them too. Just love color and can't wait to see what goes w/what.