Monthly Archives: May 2014

A Quilt For Baby

I had been working on a quilt for Baby Brother ever since I found out we were having a boy. Unfortunately, pregnancy makes for less than stellar sewing conditions so I didn’t finish until a couple of weeks ago and finally got pictures of it last weekend.

I had found this ridiculously adorable fabric collection by Sarah Watson called ‘Indian Summer’ and knew I had to use it for his quilt.

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I used ‘Woodland Pine’ for the backing and on the front did a reverse appliqué to make the tepees in ‘Basket of Thyme’ and ‘Pebbled River Path’. You can check out the fabric here.

Isn’t the fabric adorable?

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I was super happy with how it turned out and especially liked the quilting. Here’s a closer look where you can see the reverse appliqué and quilting lines.

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I tried freehand quilting for the first time on the bottom section in the navy blue to resemble moving water. I was pretty pleased although I’m not sure how often I’ll be free handing; it was tricky.

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6 Weeks

Last weekend we all loaded up in the Prius and headed to Papa’s house in Missouri. Josh had never been hunting before and it’s turkey season so Dad invited him to come down to hunt. We love going to the country and the weather was incredible while we were there.

We went riding with Papa.

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And Uncle Chris gave him his first gun.

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He was pretty stoked although he didn’t quite know what to do when we took it out to shoot.

Josh had a great time hunting. I figured he would love it; I always found hunting with my dad to be really peaceful. And what’s not to love about hiking through the Ozarks in cool weather? Wish I would have gotten a pic of Josh in his camo though.

We also took time to go down to the farm to take some pics of Baby brother. I had wanted to take newborn photos of him, but had not managed to find the time. So here are his 6 week photos instead.

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I made this blanket from some plaid I found at JoAnns and just love how it turned out. I think I’ll make more this fall.

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Sweet little piggies.

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Those lips!

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This one is my favorite.

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I wanted to get more poses but after laying on the ground for a few minutes to snap these I found myself covered in ticks, a hazard of country life. I’ll take more at some point…maybe in 6 more weeks?