Dresden Daises
With death we celebrate life that once was, but with birth, we celebrate life that will be. We have had a few additions to the family and it is always fun to make quilts for babies. A quilt that will be used and messed around with till it tears and tatters. The quilt would indeed live it's best life. I had a few charm packs of fabric collections by Rifle Paper Co. Their floral patterns are perfectly suited for baby quilts. I decided to throw up the blocks along with some Riley Blake dot fabric, hoping for a quick finish. I tried a few layouts and settled on this which at the time looked good to me. I promptly quilted it, echoing the seams on both sides. All in a days work. Just as I was done quilting, is when I realized the quilt was just to plain for me. It did not have that oomph I was looking for. Even though I loved the fabrics when they all came together they looked rather plain. So I found fabrics in the same color palette from my stash and decided to add m...
