OH POOH!!!

It was a spring for baby quilts.

My good friend asked me to make a baby quilt.

Her second niece is having a baby

and she wanted this pattern.

OK, its a traditional, but Debbie

always knows exactly what she wants.

Her niece has an interesting color scheme for

the new baby girl...cream, peach and sage.

Sounded more like wedding colors and I knew

finding baby print fabrics would be a challenge.

BUT we did it and this very modern take of

Winnie The Pooh fabric was just the ticket.

We found a few sage and peachy colors as well.

I made a couple test blocks because the block was

"on point" and the pooh figures had to be upright.

Well, by the time I got the blocks made...

I had 16 hours in the top alone.

The tiny pooh squares were 2 1/2'

I got the top all put together at quilt retreat in May.

Now there is 26 hours in this baby quilt.

I used the darker Pooh fabric for the backing and the border.

I had larger pieces of the Pooh prints

Sew I put them into the backing

Finally you can see what the prints looks like.

Very happy with the end result.

I used a FMQ meander again.

You just can't beat that design for a baby quilt.

Kathy Guenther, my quilty peep in crime

suggested I outline the horizontal strip of Poohs

with a peach...to frame it out.

GREAT IDEA!

I love this backing!

Aunt Debbie always comes up with

the best labels for the quilts

like this...

Here is the quilt on display at the baby shower.

I had never heard of this...

but all gifts were NOT to be wrapped

just put on display for all to see.

What a great idea!

And here is the beautiful family.

Two nieces on the left

Little girl in the middle has 

one of my hand made quilts.

Debbie on the right.

A very proud Auntie, indeed!

And to end this fun story...

not only did Debbie buy all the fabric,

She told me to keep what is left.

and give me a sizable tip!

I love it when someone understands how

much work goes into a quilt.

This 58" square quilt took over 30 hours to make.