Oh, Baby, Baby, It's a Wild Week

 On Thursday I thought

my coincidence with the #31

was going to continue.

(see last week's post, here)

We all had a feeling that my Denver daughter  

was going into labor and would be heading

to the hospital before August 31st ended.

But it turned out we had to

wait until until Saturday, September 2 for

Eloise Frances to make her appearance.

She'll be joining her two brothers and

life will never be the same at their home!

I had to wait until Monday

to hold her.

It was a good Nana fix!

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I have started a new school year commitment.

Each weekday morning
 I'm heading off early

to get my kindergarten granddaughter to school

Everdeen and Weston

and then bringing this serious looking 4 month old

back to my house for the day.

 Cat Stevens sang

"Oh, baby, baby it's a wild world."

I'll just change the words to
"Oh, Baby, Baby it's a wild week".

Quilting time is squeezed in during naps,
which are very short,

or at the end of the day.

We'll see how that goes!

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But fear not,

I did get a chance to work on a baby quilt

for Weston.

I had purchased a Moda kit

designed by Gingiber.

I adored the animals and the prints
and thought it would make the 

perfect little boy's quilt.

One of the things about purchasing a quilt kit

put together by the fabric company is that

the fabric amounts included are

VERY generous, which, of course,
you are paying for.

For example: six different fat quarters that only 

required four 2 3/4"  squares cut out of each.

or eight different fat quarters that only

required four  2 3/4" x 5.5" rectangles. 

I understand they aren't going to take the time

to subcut smaller increments, but
even a fat 1/8th would have been better.

The problem that bothered me the most, though,

was that were was a error in the pattern, 

right at step #1.

You would have thought that someone
would have caught it along the way.

Well, I guess all that extra fabric came in handy.

The quilt eventually came together great

and the animals

are pretty cute.

And what about all that

 extra fabric?  It  made the perfect

pieced backing.

The panel included a miniature
version of each animal with a sweet comment.

It was fun to include them as well.

Hopefully, it won't be too long before
I can get it quilted.

We'll just have to see how "the wild week" goes.

 ****

 And as Bob Dylan says,

" The Times They Are A-Changin' "

I guess that's what keeps you young!

Until Next Time-
Kyle