Yay, all done!

I finally finished my niece's baby quilt and I must admit, I really like it!  Who would ever guess being that it's completely in neutrals too???  Me, neutrals?  Perhaps not, but for a baby boy, I think it's perfect!    Besides, it's big enough at 45x48 inches for him to use it as a play quilt on the floor and that was my main objective.  Being that my niece and her hubby live in Florida, there's really not much need for a warm quilt for sleeping.

I think I told you that I wanted to straight line quilt it, right?  I thought that would give it the organic look that I was aiming for......but how should I accomplish that?  Walking foot?  I did think of that, but turning it every row would probably have driven me right to the bottle!!!  After reading this blog, I decided to do it with my darning foot, free motion, too.  Only, I did NOT lower my feed dogs....I tend to have more control without doing that, and I wanted my lines to be as straight as possible.  

I love this picture that I took this morning once I was done sewing on the binding:

It looks like someone else's work!!!  I quick thought that I should sign it while I was at it, so I DID lower the feed dogs for this:

Then, before it rained like the predictions were claiming, I quick ran outside and took at picture of it hanging over the fence:



So........DONE!!  Now, I can get working on more fun stuff like pin cushions!  In case you didn't know it, I LOVE making pincushions!!!  AND, isn't it funny that a new pincushion swap is starting?  How convenient, huh?  Well, I just couldn't wait until I got my partner, so I had to practice:



More my style, huh?  I guess!!!  Just wait until you see what I have in mind for my partner though.  I think it might be a pincushion to out do all pincushions.........(if everything turns out like I have it in my head, that is!  Stay tuned!!)