So one of my very dear friends is having a baby, and when she announced that she was pregnant some months ago - I knew just what quilt to make the new baby.

I'm relatively new to quilting, but in my searches early on (when I was getting interested in it) I came across this quilt tutorial at Moda Bake Shop.

Its call the Baby Life Quilt, and its adorable. What's better?!?! It works for any baby, any style.

My friend is doing a Classic Pooh scheme in the new boy's nursery, and while I found tons of adorable Classic Pooh fabric, I did not buy any of it.

I want this quilt to be able to be used for a while, and not be niched into just the infant category. I'd like her to be able to use this quilt for a good long while. So I picked fabrics that were yellow, brown, green and blue. Still within Classic Pooh colors, but a little more modern. I'm going to do a zig-zag stitch around these letters in a dark brown. I think that'll set them off nicely. Oh and I'm not certain about the fabric I used for 'eat'. I was thinking maybe I could use the harlequin pattern from 'repeat', but I'm not 100% on that yet. What do you guys think?
Here's a close up!

So here's where I'm at right now. Only the word 'repeat' has been ironed down to my background fabric, but this baby should not take very long to do. The only thing I'm scared of is the quilting part. In all the past quilts I've done - I've only done straight line quilting, but this time I think I'd like to maybe try some freehand quilting. Eeek!

Wish me luck!

Have you guys ever had a crafting night with  your friends?

I never had  before last night, and it was a blast!!!!

I didn't get a lot done, but that's ok cause I helped my friends with their sewing projects.

I did get the background for a new quilt cut out, so that's something.

Anyways, I just wanted to check in and say hi, and tell you guys what I'd been up to. :)

TTYL!

So Steve's birthday was about 3 weeks ago, and I had a linen shirt done for him - almost.

The buttons for that shirt seemed to have disappeared. I ended up having to buy more buttons for him.

Don't you hate when buttons wander off? I do. :)

So without much more ado here's the shirt and the pattern.

I used a Simplicity pattern that I've used before {see here}.

Its a nice pattern for all the men {boys} in your life.

I altered mine a little by adding some decorative stitching to the front and center back of Steve's shirt, along with the pockets. Sorry for the blurriness.

Its the first time I've ever tried anything as detailed as that, and I think it turned out pretty well. :)  The front stitching is not perfectly straight, but perfection does not have character, right? ;-)

I used a double needle for the pocket and double lines. Double needles rock your socks off! I love them. I'm going to have to find more uses for them!

All that matters is that Steve likes it, and thankfully he does! :)

I'll see you guys tomorrow!