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Baby quilt, mostly.
I finished my quilt! I was all speedy on getting it done until I got to the quilting, and I procrastinated a while on that, and then I put it away for at least a month after I got that done. I finally started on the binding last Tuesday and I finished hand-sewing the binding to the back on Saturday while M took Evie off to the store and I watched The Netflix. (That's what E calls it. I <3 the streaming.) I actually quite like doing the hand-sewing part, except for the amount of time it takes. It's satisfying and sort of relaxing otherwise. Anyway, not that you care about my crafting preferences enough to warrant any additional posting space devoted to the topic.
The baby was born on Thursday but we have no clue what her name is, or in fact, if she has a name yet. I'm looking forward to seeing her when we go visit in a few weeks. I have always really liked M's best friend but have never met his girlfriend, so I'm looking forward to that too. From what I know about him and what I am guessing about her, though, I don't think they're very cutesy people, so I didn't want to do a girly girl princess pink sort of quilt. These colors would probably have been more common for a boy's quilt. I remember![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
carrieb writing about the fabric ladies at her quilting store when she was choosing the colors for Evie's quilt being shocked that she was using like, GREEN, in a girl's quilt. They would probably be APPALLED at this.. haha. But, there are flowers and butterflies and swirly things so I'm still satisfied.. especially since I chose a very girly backing (though again, not so much on the cutesy pastels.) I will add that M was totally on board for the color scheme so it was not just me being crazy. :)
Since it turned out so well, even though I took it from approximately an inch and a half away from the fabric in crappy lighting and without a tripod, I had to include this one:
From the back. I really liked the retro flowers even though it doesn't technically match the front.
I finally let Evie sit on it, which turned into rolling herself up like a burrito. She is pretty excited about Mommy making a quilt for Daddy's friend's baby.
This was one of the biggest things that I had on my to-do list before our trip so I am happy to be able to mark it off. I just need to wash it now and frankly, I am afraid to. :)
The quilt, by the way, is from this pattern.
We had a great long weekend, full of lots of fun for the girl. We went to a children's museum on Sunday and had lunch with friends (including their one and a half year old girl) and then to the mall, where she got to play at the playland AND go to the Disney store. There are pictures posted at Facebook, too lazy to repost them here, so: clicky for more on that if you haven't seen them already. Today, we got all the wood cut up for Evie's new big girl bed.
Now if only tomorrow wasn't back to work for M we'd be doing okay. :)
The baby was born on Thursday but we have no clue what her name is, or in fact, if she has a name yet. I'm looking forward to seeing her when we go visit in a few weeks. I have always really liked M's best friend but have never met his girlfriend, so I'm looking forward to that too. From what I know about him and what I am guessing about her, though, I don't think they're very cutesy people, so I didn't want to do a girly girl princess pink sort of quilt. These colors would probably have been more common for a boy's quilt. I remember
carrieb writing about the fabric ladies at her quilting store when she was choosing the colors for Evie's quilt being shocked that she was using like, GREEN, in a girl's quilt. They would probably be APPALLED at this.. haha. But, there are flowers and butterflies and swirly things so I'm still satisfied.. especially since I chose a very girly backing (though again, not so much on the cutesy pastels.) I will add that M was totally on board for the color scheme so it was not just me being crazy. :)Since it turned out so well, even though I took it from approximately an inch and a half away from the fabric in crappy lighting and without a tripod, I had to include this one:
From the back. I really liked the retro flowers even though it doesn't technically match the front.
I finally let Evie sit on it, which turned into rolling herself up like a burrito. She is pretty excited about Mommy making a quilt for Daddy's friend's baby.
This was one of the biggest things that I had on my to-do list before our trip so I am happy to be able to mark it off. I just need to wash it now and frankly, I am afraid to. :)
The quilt, by the way, is from this pattern.
We had a great long weekend, full of lots of fun for the girl. We went to a children's museum on Sunday and had lunch with friends (including their one and a half year old girl) and then to the mall, where she got to play at the playland AND go to the Disney store. There are pictures posted at Facebook, too lazy to repost them here, so: clicky for more on that if you haven't seen them already. Today, we got all the wood cut up for Evie's new big girl bed.
Now if only tomorrow wasn't back to work for M we'd be doing okay. :)