Sorry - I know my friend Katherine reads the RSS feed for my blog and this is a gift for her little bun still in the oven. Little baby Josephine.
Thank you all for your advice and kind words after the frustrating day Tuesday trying to get this quilted. I was able to get it finished after dinner that night and machine stitched the binding on the front. Then Wednesday morning.. while my house was quiet.. I was able to do the hand sewing.
I had plans to have lunch with the Katherine yesterday - and my plan was to bring it to her. But I couldn't get it dry in time. For some reason my washer didn't spin it enough.. and it was too wet and was taking forever to dry.
I sent Katherine a message telling her I'd be a few minutes late... but let's face it - when a pregnant women is hungry, she needs to EAT!!! Never ever anger a pregnant women.. and never ever leave a hungry pregnant women waiting!!!
So I couldn't make her wait any longer.. I decided to just give it to her another day. There is still time.. she has 8 weeks (or so) to go until delivery.
The backing is super soft flannel also from the Woodland Bloom line by Lila Tueller. Moda really knows how to do flannel!
All frustration aside.. I so love this quilt. I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
I also made a matching Brainy Baby Ball. It was fun to make and it's hard to put it down. It's soft.. and fits in your hand perfectly. I love this thing!! After it was done though.. I wished I had sewn some bells inside.
So, Katherine, if you are still reading.. I hope you love it as much as I
13 comments:
The baby quilt for Josephine is beautiful and worth all your work.
The matching Baby Ball is gorgeous too. Love the colours.
I love the fabric and the quilt is adorable~and the brainy ball is the cutest thing ever! What a nice friend you are. . .
Taking a quilt through it's stages of development is sort of like making a baby! Sometimes a wee bit painful at the end, but so well worth it in the end. Apparently we all forget the less than joyful moments cause we continue to quilt! Ha...enough of the baby analogies. Beautiful baby quilt, Heidi. I want to make a ball! Looks interesting.
You are very clever,glad it was quilted so nicely. And the backing is beautiful too,hope the baby enjoy using the quilt!!!
it's a beautiful gift and that ball looks amazing (and really hard to make!!).
Heidi you did a beautiful job. I love the quilt and the ball - thanks for sharing.
How difficult was it to make the ball? It is really cute!
Great gift!!!!! It is lovely.
Heidi, all I can say is...awwwwwww, it's so cute! She will love it!
What a lovely quilt!
I love this baby quilt! The baby will love it too with the cozy flannel backing. Cute little ball too.
The baby quilt and matching ball are too cute! I'm sure the new mama will treasure these. (Glad to hear you were able to get your machine running again.)
it is beautiful!! i just love coin quilts. i've been doing some baby quilts too lately and love how quickly they come together!!
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