I almost forgot

My sister in law just sent me this photo of her baby, Lottie, and the quilt I made for Lottie's older brother, Oliver, 8-ish years ago. That was before I was regularly taking pictures of my quilts and I had pretty much forgotten what this one looked like. I also wasn't sure if the quilt had survived the family's move, while my sister in law was in a coma. This was a nice surprise for lots of reasons.
I am happy to have this photo, and happy to see little Lottie putting the quilt to work again.

Browns and blues, stripes and dots.
Yellow Brick Road pattern.

something in the water

I attended a baby shower this week for a friend who is expecting twins - a boy and a girl. So exciting!  The number of twins in our neighborhood is pretty impressive (including several identical). I can think of 8 off the top of my head, and we attend church with all of them.

I made my friend two quilts mostly from Bonnie and Camille's Vintage Modern fabric and a little from their Ruby line. (I won some of their fabric awhile back.)

The pink quilt is a pattern I found on a quilter's blog. I will link to it as soon as I remember whose it was. Sorry. Here's the link to Amy Smart's free pattern: Easy Bricks.

The green quilt is the Yellow Brick Road pattern. I quilted it with double random circles - a first for me. 

tessa girl

There's something special about the following:

progress

surprises

cute fabrics

growing babies

time in my day to quilt

All of these are factors in this quilt I made for a friend's baby.

A long overdue quilt delivery. That's pretty much my style - very delayed gratification.

fabric: amy butler's midwest modern
pattern:  yellow brick road

'nother one

I finished this quilt yesterday. And I gifted it yesterday. There was no time to wash it, so this is the smooth, flat, pre-wash look. I like it. But I also like the crinkly, vintage look that washing gives a quilt. And yes, it's the yellow brick road pattern that I do a lot. I don't ever get tired of it. It's almost theraputic. Thanks for introducing it to me (8 years ago) Amy.

Here's the pieced back.

oh yeah, and the fabric is amy butler's midwest modern 2 with some gray moda solid cotton on the back.