About Me

I'm an Orthodox Christian, and I strive to follow Christ day by day. I'm blessed to be married to Deacon Steve. We have four wonderful kids! I love to create comics, art, sew, write and read. :)

Friday, March 06, 2009

My second quilt

Mi frazadita segunda. Yes, that was just an improper use of the Spanish language. BUT! Here is my second quilt. You see, it's been a month FULL of exciting baby showers! Ever since Valentine's Day, it's been a baby shower every weekend. Seriously! All first-time mamas, too! What fun :D

So, this was my second project, completed for my sweet, new, darling niece. I'm still very much an amateur, but boy! quilting is a lot of fun. I just love to pick out different fabrics and arrange the colors and play with the possibilities. AND... this time I added some hand appliqued work, which made it all the more exciting.
A little bit of everything... Christy LOVES color (so do I), so I didn't hold back...

Cozy lilac flannel back....


Since I don't get to see my sweet niece Maggie very often (she lives in Northen California with my dear sister and BIL), I derive great comfort in the fact that this little quilt is close by her. Today when I called my sister, she said that Maggie was, in fact, stretched out, having fun lounging on the quilt! Yay! I'm so glad she likes it :D

9 comments:

Martha said...

Beautiful! I tagged you on my blog...

Susan Sophia said...

I LOVE IT!!!!! It is so beautiful!

Helenrr said...

I love, love love it!!! :D I could have guessed it was for Christy, the colors are so like her-and her personality. Yet they say baby Maggie too in a way-it is something I would have picked up for Christina when she was little...and the bear is adorable.
You have a great eye and it really translates into these lovely quilts. What a wonderful gift of the heart. :)
Much love,
Aunt Helen

Bluecanopy said...

looks cozy...good job :)

Iconography Girl said...

Wow. I love your natural sense of design and proportion. You might not want to start using "patterns" after all. :)

::Sylvia:: said...

Wow! It's beautiful! I've always wanted to learn to quilt. What a treasure! :)

Mimi said...

Oh my goodness, I am jealous of your mad quilting skills!

And, Maggie will love it!

Amy said...

That is one beautiful quilt! I really like it! I don't think I remembered you had a blog- I was looking through some old posts (not ALL of them obviously!) and I remembered you having the "Grab Bag" blog now. I started one a while ago and just made it public recently so I am new to the blog world. So now we can keep tabs with each other w/o facebook :) Love, Amy

amy.lumsden@blogger.com

Phronsie said...

A month of baby showers? What's in the water over there?! LOL!

I wish I could sew, I'm so not good at it. Those are some amazing quilts!