Gender-neutral baby quilts are not easy

  
It seems like everyone I know is having a baby in October, which means I have three baby quilts to make this month.

I already shared one preview, now it's time for a second. This mom isn't going to find out the sex of the baby until the little one arrives, that means I need to make a gender-neutral baby quilt.

I've started one in pastel oranges, blues and browns from a charm pack and matching jelly roll I had in my stash, but now I'm not so sure it's going to work. Although the colors could work for a boy or girl, I'm worried the flower prints put it in the girl category. 

 

What do you think? Could this quilt work for a boy or a girl or should I go back to the drawing board?

Quilted dog bed tutorial

I work as a newspaper reporter for my day job and I put together a how-to video for the paper's website on the quilted dog bed. You can play the video above, and read the complete instructions and supply list here.

Pinwheel quilted dog bed

Since we've moved to our new home, the dogs haven't appreciated the wood floor in the bedroom so I made them a quilted dog bed so they'd have something soft to sleep on.

I used a charm pack to create pinwheels, sewed a pillow case back and stuffed it with a waterproof dog bed liner filled with cedar chip pet bedding. Not only is it comfy, but cedar is a natural flea and bug repellent.


And since the dogs don't care how good my quilting is, I used the opportunity to practice my free motion quilting.


I think Einstein approves of the results.