You guys, my quilt making has slowed to a very slow pace. Like a snail. So slow! Most of it is having a newborn, some of it because work has been crazy busy but I'm dying to get back at my machine. Luckily, I started this guy quite a few months ago right after Hazel was born and when I was still on maternity leave. This guy is for a very special friend of ours, Betsy. She's due with her second around the end of Jan. Which meant that I had plenty of time! But, Bradley, Betsy's first had his own plans about when he'd be born and came into the world at just 31 weeks. So, I knew I needed to get this quilt done early.
I can NOT tell you how much I love this quilt. There has never been a more perfect example of a quilt that I personally would love. I mean, I love all of the quilts that I make, but if I was choosing a color scheme for my very own quilt, it would look just like this. It's blues and greens with a little bit of yellow and lots and lots of grey. Basically that equals Sadie to a tee.
There are over 200 fabrics in this quilt and over 750 - 2 inch squares. It's scrappy and fun and so so pretty. I tried fussy cutting for the first time as well. For those of you that don't know, that just means that I'm very careful of the placement when I cut so that the squares include whole pictures, like that tiny Babar painting in the top left.
Betsy - we are so excited to meet your new little girl (or guy....yes, she too decided to be surprised). I'm secretly hoping girl, but we'll love them either way. I hope he or she loves this quilt to death and drags it around everywhere! Quilts were made to be used and loved so let the babies spit up all over them...that's life! We can't wait to meet you Baby Cunningham (though not too soon! Keep baking!).
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