Projects

When I was pregnant with Angelique I decided to make a quilt for each baby. I am not crafty at all so this was quite a stretch for me. With Gigi I made a rag quilt and it really couldn't have been easier. I was able to do the entire thing on the sewing machine and my friend Jacque Halloway literally held my hand through the entire process.

When we were living in Illinois my friend Tiffany Peterson had a beautiful quilt that she had made for her daughter. I LOVED the pattern and enlisted her help to make the same one when I found out I was pregnant, even though I didn't know what I was having. This was a much more difficult quilt to make because I had to cut out each piece and sew it all together. She helped me get started, but then we moved to Philly so I was on my own.

Enter Megan Hayes :) I have been really blessed to find really talented friends to help me with my quilting endeavours. I decided to hand stitch the quilt together and Megan showed me how to do it.

I really enjoyed making the quilt, ironically the easiest sounding part was the most aggravating for me -- the binding process. Argh! I would rather hand stitch a million quilts than bind one. I am really happy with how it turned out and even happier that I'm having a girl so that I can use it now :) Oh and yes an additional ultrasound has verified that we are having a girl for sure!


I don't know if you can see the hand stitching, but I really like that it shows the outline of the flower on the back.

I have gotten really excited about sewing now. It has become a good outlet for me to feel like I'm doing something productive other than clean the dishes for the hundreth time.

I just finished making some stockings for us. They definitely look homemade, but it was mostly fun to do.




Now I'm working on a twin size quilt for Gigi to welcome in her new bed when we take her current bed away from her and give it to the baby. Hopefully it will go better than it sounds.