All quilted!

I didn’t get much sleep again last night, but I’m not complaining because I got Little Boy Blue all quilted!

I love the way this turned out!  Designing and making toddler/baby quilts is my absolute favorite thing to do when it comes to quilting.  I truly hope this little baby boy gets some comfort from this quilt, and maybe someday it will have the honor of being his “blankie”.

I used a traditional Baptist Fan on this one, and Superior Threads new Omni… I am really, really liking this thread!

Now to get the binding cut, put on and a label made!

I have two bowls of tomatoes I picked, so I’m going to grab my shower, run the tomatoes through the food mill and get some sauce cooking down and I think we’ll have chicken Parmesan tonight.  I rather feel like I’m on vacation today, on top of the 3.25 inches of rain we got yesterday afternoon, it rained another half inch last night so I was able to skip my daily three hour watering regime, woohoo!

Sadly, the storm destroyed two more of our fruit trees.  One broke entirely in half, the other ripped out by the roots. 

Not a bad day's progress!

The baby quilt is all cut out except for the solid borders, and halfway pieced, so I’m pleased!

It’s been sometime since I’ve done anything on point… I confess to being baffled at the start!  I totally forgot I had to begin assembly from the corner.  Probably brain freeze from shoveling too much chocolate ice cream in my face!  It made for a heck of a good lunch though!

Santa Claus (a.k.a. the UPS man) arrived just a bit ago with some new threads I ordered… can you say BRIGHT?  It’s like there’s someone else controlling my mind and body lately… I don’t LIKE bright things, surely I didn’t choose these?

Definitely outside my box.  Could be it’s getting too small due to all the cream and chocolate in my life.  And I’m loving every bit of it!  My next quit might be something in hot pink with black and white polka dots!

Or maybe not… I just got Kim Diehl’s new quilt book and I am head over heels in love with one of the quilts in it.  She is my favorite designer, I love, love love her work! 

If we don’t start building my studio soon, we’re at least going to have to build a wall.  Just a wall.  I need some place for thread and fabric!