bless my birth

I so very much enjoyed making this quilt on Sunday! I told Sid that I needed help with the kids because I was going to sew something for the baby whose soon coming arrival we were to celebrate that afternoon. I made the quilt from flannel (the best for babies, I think, because it is absorbent and so soft) flat sheets that we never used, and it was very cute. But I had a nagging feeling that there was nothing about it that reminded of the parents of the sweet little fetus. I was slightly distraught and the thought of giving up crossed my mind, but I kept going. When it was time to choose the color for the ties, I was befuddled. I wanted to do black, but it didn’t look right with the color scheme of the quilt. I wanted to make it personal with some embroidery, but the last few times I’ve embroidered, freestyle, my work turned out sloppy. “Hmmm,” I thought. Then I remembered that I could still add the sweet little fetus’ name using the typewriter alphabet stamps I bought to stamp Aveline’s little birthday party guests’ names onto their fabric goodie bags. And I had used black fabric paint for the boys’ bags, which there was still plenty of on hand . . . soooooo . . . black fabric paint to stamp his sweet little name, and black ties for the quilt would just be ‘the Lebowski rug,’ if you know what I mean. Yay! And then the little spiders were an afterthought, but a good one. I was very pleased with this more personal quilt to give to a very special family. If you want to check out the mamas blog, you’ll find it with my links under “Brand New.”