I Know, it's a Miracle!

I know, it's taken a really looooong time, but I've

finally did something crafty.    Remember this little

guy that I blogged about in my last post, well I read 

about a fundraiser that they are doing for him and

really wanted to contribute something.

I've had this fabric forever.  I bought it to make a 

scripture bag for a girl that  babysits for me.  Well, I

waited too long and now I think this fabric is a little too

juvenile for her. But it worked perfectly for this quilt.

I love how people put a little strip from the 

front onto the back so of course I copied it. You 

can't see it very well, but there is some rows with

ric rac also (I love ric rac).

Have you ever really wanted to be good

at something, but no matter what you 

just were not.  Well, that is how I feel when

it comes to stippling.  I took a class on free hand

quilting on the sewing machine, but I just can seem

to get stippling down.    It probably doesn't help

that I'm a nervous wreck the whole entire time.

I got it off in the mail yesterday so hopefully

it will raise a little money for this sweet little boy.

Reading their story has made me want to better

mother. It's hard to complain about your kids being 

little stinkers when this mother would do anything

just to see her baby be healthy enough to play.

I'm not gonna lie though.  I am looking forward

to school starting next week.  I know I will be sad

when next Monday comes, but my kids are so 

excited and I'm ready to have more of a schedule

again.

By the way this quilt was super simple.

 I had 8 or 9 coordinating pieces of fabric and 

I just cut a bunch of different size strips I'd say 

between 2 and 4 1/2 inches wide.   The finished quilt

is about 40 x 40 and the strip on the back is

about 4 inches wide.   It was so fun to 

make I even bought some more fabric so make

another one.

Oh and if any of you quilters out there have 

some advice for stippling I would gladly take it.