The consensus was that this quilt didn’t make it into “low volume”, but I’ll accept the adjectives I received: “quiet”, “soothing”, “restful”. I quilted it entirely “in the ditch”, between all those 2 1/2″ squares.
It’s lovely crinkly/puffy (Warm and White batting), and the backing with silvery moons and stars as well as clouds and planets, is very happy. I like it a lot, and think it will make a great baby quilt.
The effort to go low volume was an interesting exercise, proving just how garish bright and saturated my regular palette is. I pulled the very lightest squares from my scraps, but I was afraid there would be not contrast or interest if I didn’t add some from the mid range. It does have interest, just isn’t quiet enough.
A check of Pintrest shows that folks usually use prints with white or cream backgrounds for these quilts. Turns out I have very few of those. The saturated thing again. I did pull out some black and white, and am trying again. Hmmm.
Do you know about lilies and cats? This was news to me, so I want to share it with you: http://tinyurl.com/apmwws6
I’m linking up with Finish It Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.
Evening in the Garden Quilts 
February 22, 2013 at 7:50 AM
The quilt is wonderful and “quiet” describes it well.
February 23, 2013 at 1:41 PM
Very calming and serene. Excellent quilt:)
February 23, 2013 at 6:28 PM
So pretty! It may not be low volume, but it IS wonderful 🙂
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February 24, 2013 at 12:32 PM
I think your baby quilt is perfect the way it is. You know, babys respond to bright colors and high contrast, so this works well. It is still quiet enough to be soothing too. Perfect in my book.