Monday, January 14, 2008

Matt's Quilt

Congratulations to our friends Mike & Tori who are adopting son Matt this week. I made this quilt for him on rather short notice - until recently everyone thought he was going to be a girl! Matt is a month older than Elijah, so we are excited to have a new friend.


Matt's quilt is a crib-size patchwork of 5" squares. It is a starry night theme in light and dark blue with yellow. The quilting is in the ditch. I really like all the blue fabrics. I used several fabrics from Noah's, Evan's and Caleb's quilts, along with a few darker blues. The pattern is fairly random with alternating dark and light. I decided not to use a border this time and just used a narrow binding that matches the backing fabric. Simple, but fun!

Evolution (3)

I haven't posted in a long time, but I have been sewing. Well, lately I have been. I took the summer off - since my sewing space is in our loft, which averaged about 100 degrees this summer. But once it cooled off and after we had some guests staying up there, I got started again. Of course, most of the time I don't have a lot of time for sewing, but I try to get an hour here and there. Caleb's quilt is coming along - the body is quilted and I am working on the borders. I was hoping to have it done this week, but some other things came along and it's not going to happen. But I'm sure it will be finished soon! I'll post some pictures as I do the final steps.