I Spy Quilt

 I'll be visiting a friend in Japan who is now a Grandma! As my gift to her 1 year old granddaughter, I made an I Spy quilt.

I used a lot of leftover fabrics that I own for the 2 inch squares, but I also added a new fabric.

It's the Missouri Star's Chuck fabric. So, Chuck will travel to Japan!

Backside of quilt is ice cream cones. Now, who doesn't like ice cream!? 

I foresee endless hours of fun either counting ice cream cones of a certain color or looking for the I Spy with my little eye....

It's a Baby!

 I haven't made a baby quilt in years. One of my mother's friends recently became a grandma. Yeah, my mom is in her early 90s. So, most of her friends should be great grandmas. This person is about my age. She became a dear neighbor to my parents decades ago. She still chats with my mom even though my mom has dementia.

Every so often I'm in touch with my mother's friend. When I heard that she had become a grandma for the first time I was so happy for her! She stated that for the next six months she will be babysitting the granddaughter.

                  

About seven years ago, my mother gave me her fabrics since she was no longer quilting/sewing. Dementia had already stopped that activity for her. Well, knowing that my mom would have given her friend's daughter a baby gift, I decided to give the friend the gift. I collected some fabrics from mom's stash to use in a baby quilt that the proud grandma can use while babysitting her granddaughter. Yes, this is a baby gift for the grandma!

I also looked through my stash to see what fabrics would add to the cuteness of the quilt. I had enough flannel fabric from a pervious project that became the backing fabric.

Baby quilts go together quickly! Looking forward to making more in the future.

Ready for Spring!

I didn't plan on finishing this quilt a couple of days before Easter, but I just did. I started this baby quilt in January. The top was completed and quilt basted in the beginning of February; and then, I hit a quilting wall. I didn't know how I wanted to quilt it. So, the project sat beside the sewing machine the rest of February and most of March while I planned and went on camping trips.

Well, a light-bulb moment came to me. Actually, it was an inspiration. My sister informed me of the wonderful news that my niece is expecting her first! That bit of news jolted me back to finishing the quilt. I was so excited for my niece and her husband that I had the quilt finished in a week.

Which happened to be just in time for bunnies, Spring, and Easter. I'm saying good-bye to winter, and hello Spring!

Simple Things Take Time

I have been working on a baby quilt. I'm hoping that this quilt will be a shower gift for my niece. Unless she's having a boy, then I'll be making another quilt since this quilt screams girl.