Bloom Wild - pink and red version

Alright. I say this about every quilt. But this one is my favorite.

This quilt is a personal project for me (Rebecca) - it was supposed to be a holiday quilt for my family this winter but as my friends enjoy pointing out...I'm really bad at Christmas themes. I notoriously use all sorts of colors in my holiday decorating...but especially pink. 

So yeah...this quilt has flowers. And it's heavily pink. And one might accuse me of making more of a Valentine's quilt...as one did...but it has RED and GINGERBREAD MEN so it's most obviously a Christmas quilt.

I appreciate your support. I tried. I got distracted by flowers. It's now an all seasons fixture on my couch and I ain't mad.

This project came together slowly - I knew I wanted very specific tones of red and pink and it took me awhile to find and collect what I needed. The fabrics for this one are from all over. They came from several different quilt shops, my stash, and even a late quilter's estate. I couldn't replicate it if I tried...I love it when a personal quilt turns out that way!

All the colors were pulled from this plaid - I usually am pretty good with fabric lines but this one is long gone from my memory. It was the perfect cranberry, orangey red, and pink. I stuck to those colors, no white backgrounds, and chose prints of the same scale for everything except the accent prints (the flowers). I enjoy mixing loose florals with more structured prints, so I made sure to get both.