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Beautiful Sunday to you!
I'm still busier than ever, but enjoying it all!!!
Attended a wedding last Saturday, and a baby shower last Sunday.
Here's the baby quilt I did for the new momma:
I left the bottom/center area un-quilted so when the new little guy arrives, I'll quilt in his birthday and name. Also, don't know if you can tell from the picture or not,
but I didn't finish the binding on the bottom, left hand corner.
That's where I'll put a label on, too.
So I was an Indian-giver at the shower. lol
Gifted it, then took it back home with me.
This pattern is the 16-patch/X-block,
aka Goodnight Irene pattern.
Over 60 different fabrics used (a 2.5 inch strip of each)
to make it Eye Spy-ish.
Seems like this is now my go-to for baby quilt gift making.
Do you have a favorite pattern for a baby gift?
The weather is finally cooling down here - and just a touch of color in the leaves on the trees,
so Autumn weather seems like it finally has arrived.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!
Isn't that the greatest quilt picture, ever ?!?!?!
I didn't get a picture of the quilt I made
with the new baby when I gifted it,
so I requested a picture from the new parents,
and THAT ^^ is the picture I received!
I just adore it!
A much better picture than the ones that I took. :)
The pictures I took pale by comparison -
Front:
Back:
This quilt is the one that I pieced together last month at retreat.
I used my favorite block layout
of the X block and 16-patch block,
(aka: Good Night Irene).
I had about 50 different prints of fabric,
cut at 2.5 inches wide.
Makes it nice and scrappy, I think - a good 'Eye Spy' !
But since it's all strip-pieced, it really goes together
much quicker than it looks like it would.
And, yes, I did stitch in her name and mine in the quilting:
Another good finish,
and great memories made!
Is is just me, or did we again skip Spring?
If I recall correctly,
the weather (here, in Ohio at least) was like this last year, also.
The sweet smell of warm, Spring showers,
and gentle breezes changed almost overnight
to Blazing with a capital B-hot, humid, June Bugs-buzzin' May.
I am NOT turning my air conditioning on
one week after the furnace last ran!
So, more important, quilty things:
I've quilted a little this past week...
First, I did a customer quilt that I can't share yet,
because I haven't met up with the customer to make delivery.
Second, I did get one of my (five needed) baby quilts
done except for quilting in the name and birth date.
I was able to gift it at the baby shower!,
then I brought it back home with me to await the baby's birth info.
Looking at the pictures, I see that I also need to do the binding. :)
Can you see the un-quilted area in the bottom, center, above?
That's where I plan to stitch in the baby's birth date and name.
As you can tell, I again went with my
new favorite go-to pattern-
16-patch/X-block layout (aka Good Night Irene).
(I love this pattern for it's scrappy-ness and ease of piecing...
I think it makes GREAT Eye Spy quilts.)
Also, don't know if you can tell, but the
setting fabric that I used this time is different (to me),
it's a 'Grunge' fabric...
white with a patchy, subtle overlay of blue and green
that is almost dry-brushed looking areas of color.
I've not used this fabric before, but would definitely use it again.
So, looking back, it doesn't seem like much accomplished for
a week, but, I've also stitched on my Gardener's Alphabet blocks,
and have only 11 more letters of the alphabet to do. Hoping it
will be off the UFQ list soon!
Hope your week was grand, also!
with or without the furnace or air-conditioning.
