I'm Ready Now

 With a new grand baby on his

way in just a couple of weeks,

reality had set in.

I needed to get a new quilt made

for this newest member of the family.

Just like it takes a baby 9 months 

to get ready,

I found a group of fabrics

that had been curing for 7 years.

When I worked at the quilt shop,

I remember someone sharing this pattern

that was from a McCalls magazine.

At the time it was current,

Now it's 7 years old from February, 2007.

I had the big alphabet fabric,

 the little alphabet background fabric

which were from Lake House fabrics and

a great stripe.

All I needed to do was
 dig out of the stash 

a few bright fabrics in primary colors.

Construction was easy.

I used The Angler on my machine

to save time from drawing diagonal sewing

lines on the squares.

The pieces were pressed and folded back.

I cut only one layer of fabric, leaving the 

base fabric for stability and for more accurate piecing

if the folded over piece didn't match up exactly.

Which can happen, trust me.

The fabrics were perfect,

 Bright and cheerful.

After adding the stripe,

and wide border, and then machine quilting it

 it was time to add the prairie points which will be

fun flaps for the baby to play with

or chew on.

I machine quilted it pretty much in the ditch

and a 1/4" around the letters

and some straight line stitching in the border.

All done

in plenty of time.

4 weeks until the due date.

Until Next Time-