Shhhh....baby sleeping

We welcomed another grandbaby into our family a few weeks ago.  He is so precious and tiny, a perfect angelic gift from heaven.  I wanted to try something new with making his quilt.  So what started out to be an experiment and test of a pattern turned into a new baby quilt for our new little grandson.  The bright colored strips worked out perfect, I posted about the creative process of the quilt top a few months ago. 

This is where I found the pattern.  There are several more quilts I want to make from this pattern book.  Of course who knows when that will happen!  So many projects, so little time........

...sound familiar? 

The back of the quilt is the turquoise blue and white dots fabrics.  I used orange for the binding which pulled all these bright colors together.  I hope he likes his new quilt.

A Special One

I started this quilt back in 2005 and I just now finished it. There is a very tender story behind it but I will save that for another day.  The quilt is now finished and has been delivered to it's rightful owner. 

This cheery pattern is called 9 patch Snowball and a fairly easy pattern to follow. I started it at a quilter's weekend retreat and I really enjoyed how the pattern went together so nicely.  The most time consuming part was cutting out the 2 inch squares from 2.5" strips and then organizing the colors into the 9 patch blocks.  The backing is all blue and the same fabric as the stop border and the binding.

The quilt reminds me of spring, a time of new changes and renewal.   It feels good to be finishing quilts again and marking them off my list of "Quilts to Finish". I don't have many blog fans or followers but rest assured if you ever read this blog there are more finished quilts to post soon, so stay tuned.  I started a new block of the month class in September and I have two quilts just waiting in the wings to be quilted. Plus- there are 10 more quilts to finish on that crazy list of mine.