for baby {DIY striped quilt}

Did you know that our family is expecting a new niece?  Drew's brother and his wife are expecting their little girl in February.  She will be my first and I'm so excited for Hadley to have a close-in-age girl cousin!

Today is the baby shower and since it's a 9 hour drive from here I couldn't be there.  :-(  I was a bridesmaid for Ali and feel just terrible that I can't be at the party to celebrate her little lady to be.  Hadley was {kind of} there when Ali married Matt and wishes she could be at the shower too.

Since I wasn't able to celebrate with Ali in person I wanted to send an extra special gift in my place.  When Drew's mom was visiting 2 weeks ago I took advantage of the extra baby holding arms and put together a quilt for baby girl.

The nursery is pink and gray with pops of coral and orange, so those are the colors I used.

This quilt design is one I first saw on Pinterest - it was so easy!  The print fabrics were cut in 4" strips and the white minky in 2" strips.  I sewed them together and used gray quilt binding around the edges.

The backing is pink flannel with a panel of white minky in the center.

I quilted it together by "stitching in the ditch" of each strip - simple!

This blanket turned out so cute and oh so soft - I really wanted to keep it for myself.  ha ha!  I hope you and your sweet baby girl love it, Ali!