Baby Girl Quilt Episode Three...

Alright, we've finished piecing the quilt top...



and liking the result:



Time to make a sandwich. No, not peanut butter and jelly, a quilt sandwich. The top layer, batting and a backing. Lay them all out on the ground, smoothing to perfection, and safety pin all the layers together...



Time to actually start the quilting. Basically, that means tacking all layers of the sandwich together.

I machine quilt because I am not a patient person by nature, and hand quilting just does NOT appeal to me. Yeah yeah yeah, I know that means I don't quilt for real, but that's OK. I quilt because I enjoy it.

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Baby Girl Quilt Episode Two...

The quilt top in progress...



Soft pink flannel and white circles...can it get any more girly than that?



And my trustworthy sewing buddy, who has to be convinced to stay on HIS side of the bonus room:



He is holding a plastic orange, and there is a plastic leaf of lettuce in his long apron because, you know, why not put lettuce in your pocket?

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Baby Girl Quilt Episode One...

Every well made quilt starts with a pattern. OK, first an idea, then a pattern. A pattern that actually uses measurements. And remember, always measure twice, cut once. Watch out though, rotary cutters are vicious.



All the pieces laying on my floor. We'll just call it the "Design Phase". My entire bonus room is in a perpetual "design phase" of 2 or 18 crafts at once.



Yep, I'm liking how this is turning out...



Time to start piecing it together...

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