One of my first friends from Boise is having her first baby. It's been a few years since I've made a quilt so figured I'd put one together for her. I found this cute herring bone pattern on Pinterest and just had to try it.
I was trying to decide if I wanted to do a solid backing or a patterned backing. I love using minkee since it's so soft but I don't see it have patterns very often so if I used a pattern I'd use flannel. Then I went to Hobby Lobby and found the cutest patterned minkee and it was perfect. I love the colors in it.
I went with the aqua trim to tie in the colors and also had an elephant design for the quilting to match the back. I almost did a simpler quilting pattern just outlining the parallelograms or whatever shape they are but thought it might highlight all the spots I didn't get the corners matched up. For a baby blanket though I am glad I did a cute design.
