I finished 2 quilts for friends having babies. The first one is the Dr Suess quilt I was working on last month
I intentionally made it wonky and I think it turned out ok. Certainly, my friends made the appropriate comments when I gave it to them and the new mother stated that orange was her favourite colour.
I also made this couple some buntings to hang in the baby's room. I have seen them selling for ridiculous prices in some shops and, of course, I thought "I can do that!". These were really simple to make and it was lucky I had all of the fabric in my stash at home. I wanted a rainbow effect with every letter of the alphabet included so I made two
I cut the triangles on the bias so that I didn't need to finish the edges, and then attached them to some bias binding.
I also made a pink bunting for another new mum
Here is the second quilt - which morphed into something a bit bigger than I had originally intended it to be.
I was pleased to report to my husband that apart from the backing fabric I had everything else at home.. I am sure I will be able to survive a nuclear winter (or earthquakes!?!) and continue to sew because of my well-supplied sewing room! It pays to be prepared.
At the moment I am working on an entry for the patternreview.com Sewing for Children contest but I'll update the blog with pictures later
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