Frustration, thy name is....baby quilt

Finally, I've got the top done. Here it is before the final border.
And then with the final border.
I've had nightmares with this silly thing. Step-daughter declared, "NO pink!". When I asked her what colors she did want, well, she didn't really know. I still don't know what colors she's using. Pffft!

Son-in-law told us absolutely no pastel colors. Of course this came down after I'd already bought fabric. They're just lucky I'm not doing it in barf green and turd brown.

It's not the most gorgeous baby quilt I could have ever dreamed up, but I'll bet there's not another kid on the playground with one just like it.

Tea-dyed quilt top

Here it is.
The effect is subtle until you plop a piece of undyed background on there. Then, you can really tell the difference. I prefer the muddy look as opposed to the glaring white.I have no idea when I'll get this quilted. The fall semester started today and I have homework and tests again.

We're still waiting to find out the sex of the baby so I'll know what to do for a baby quilt. She had an ultrasound Monday, but the baby had it's legs crossed. She goes back in two weeks. I'm thinking about doing Card Trick for the pattern. We'll see.

Seeing Stars - quilt along

I finally got my top put together. I didn't have enough background fabric left over to do the big border, so for now it's without.

Three blocks into it I decided I don't care for the white and I'm tea-dying the top. I thought about doing it sooner, but decided the whole top would be easier and stain more evenly.

On the whole, I enjoyed this project immensely and would definitely do another quilt-along with Amanda Jean. Any problems I had were purely poor planning and not paying attention on my part.

50 cent quilt top

I picked up this quilt top at a new-ish thrift place last week. All of the seams are double sewn and there's only one little place that needs to be repaired.

It's just the right size for a picnic quilt.