We have had a couple of very busy weeks around here. I have so many things I want to blog about but I thought today I would show you the baby quilt I made for my nephew's baby. It was really fun to make and it went really fast because it was a preprinted panel. I added some borders and a nice flannel back. I fussy cut the animals for the blocks in the four corners from the backing fabric. For some reason I had trouble with the horse. The first time I made the block I cut off part of his back-end. Not much, but enough that it bothered me. I heard somewhere that if it bothers you so much that every time you look at the quilt that's all you see that you had better take it out. It bothered me that much. I did ask my non-quilting daughters what they thought and Emily said it was fine and "really cute" but Vanessa said, "Oh yeah, that would bother me too." So I pieced it again. I guess we all have our "bother" point and I did feel much better having taken the time to do it again. I used a polyester batt that was a little bit heavier than I have used before and so it was thicker and fluffier. I think it will be nice to lay the baby on. I'm encouraged to use that kind again. Welcome to the world baby Oliver!
