‘You Plus Me’ Crib Quilt

We’ve had quite a few rainy days lately, so I’ve had a good excuse to start working on a new quilt.
 
Sometimes I’ll start out on a quilt without a real plan or design in mind - which can lead to a lot of frustration and tears. They do say, failure to plan is planning to fail, or something along those lines. Fortunately for me, that wasn't the case with this quilt. While I was playing around with some fabrics and trying to think of a design that would work for a baby quilt, I remembered a design I had designed years ago. I figured I would try it out. Nothing complicated - exactly what I had in mind.
 
This is the original hand-drawn design:

The fabrics I chose were mostly low volume neutral colors with pops of green, red and brown here and there. I used 100% cotton fabrics, some from my stash, and others from an online store as well as my local fabric store.

I made nine patch squares which I alternated with large 9x9 inch (23x23 cm) squares. I arranged the fabrics in such a way that it formed plus signs. Keep in mind, this is a baby quilt, so I wanted it simple and sweet, but also a bit whimsical with a touch of romance.

For the backing I chose a creamy floral fabric. I added a pieced strip down the middle, for which I used some of the same fabrics as for the top.

I used 100% lightweight cotton batting. After I layered the quilt, I quilted a crosshatch quilt design all over.

For the binding I chose one of the fabrics I used for the top - small brown plus signs on a very light taupe background. At first I didn’t realize how that complimented the larger plus designs in the quilt, but while I was attaching the binding to the quilt it struck me how perfect it was!

I think it turned out dreamy!
 
Dimensions: 35x52 inches (89x132 cm) - crib size