So the cat is out of the bag.  Last night at dinner with Rich’s parents, a ‘she’ dropped out of my mouth before I could stop it and so now they know what most other people know which is that we are having a girl.  I feel awful for the slip – I really thought I would have been able to keep a lid on it for a bit longer at least! MIL was really lovely about it though so I hope she will forgive me!  On the bright side, now I suppose it is easier in that I don’t have to watch what I say!  Last Saturday, we had another scan to see if we could see for sure and things do seem to be pointing in the girlie direction.

That’s why I have been able to crack on with buying the fabric for the baby quilt! Having to keep things discreet on this here blog, I posted about the quilt over at sew make believe but now the secret is out, I can share it here too! (If you have read my post over there, this might look a little familiar!). I knew exactly the kind of look I was going for but finding the right fabric proved harder than I thought.  I ended up buying the fabric from Cotton Patch and it is from Tone Finnanger’s Tilda range of fabrics.

I have completely fallen in love with these fabrics.  Initially, I was tempted to go for the Tikki London quilt kit which includes all the Tilda fabric and instructions to make this gorgeous red white and blue quilt.

I wasn’t really sure about the colours though (much as I love them) for the nursery and it also looks awful complicated! I have to try to be a little realistic about what I will be able to achieve between now and November! Instead, I had a much simpler square patches design in mind. I knew I had seen something online which had inspired this.

It took just a quick look at the over the ever-wonderful Posie Gets Cosy and then to Alicia’s  Flickr stream and I found my source.  Her choices of fabric and simple but effective quilts, cushions, seat cushions and bags make me want to cover the entire nursery in patchy goodness!

With this in mind, I have bought the Ollalieberry Ice Cream quilt pattern from Alicia Paulson which she used for her Swedish Summer Quilt. I will keep you posted with my progress!