For a baby girl....

I wanted to make a gift for a baby girl who will be born in Florida in May....at the time of year where she will be in her car seat in an air conditioned car and in her stroller in air conditioned stores.  I figured a quilt sized just nice to cover her up and protect that tiny little one from the chill in the air would be nice.  I made something uncomplicated, simply quilted, and very soft.  I used the very popular (lately) Swoon block as the center (but cut it all out with my GO! cutter so a lot of time was saved in cutting and assembling).  I was going to add some fancy borders but I didn't want to take the focus away from the center of this one.  I used a fun fabric on the back and used the same one for the binding.  (I think I'll take a picture of the back of it when it comes out of the washer and dryer and post that next time.) I'm not a big fan of the look of machine-stitched binding, but I feel it is sturdier to have it machine-stitched...and sturdy is good for a quilt that will be laundered a lot...like this one will.  I hope the soon-to-be-mommy (and then the new baby) will like it.

Keeping busy.....

I have been keeping busy....doing little odds and ends that need attention around the house (and in the sewing room) and also doing the seemingly never-ending chore of weeding out closets and drawers...donating items to one of the area thrift shops, etc.    Here are two recent projects...one finished and the other one in progress.  First is another runner...also a gift.

  

Well...darn Blogger isn't letting me ADD a second photo, so I'll have to wait and do a new post with the other project...the one that is in progress.  Maybe I'll just wait until that next project is further along to show it.  On days like this, I just HATE Blogger......grrrrrrrrr!!!  *sigh*  (And not sure why there is so much space between the end of this post and where you can comment, either......"Blogger, shape up!!! You are really getting on my nerves!!!")