Monday, July 25, 2011

Babysitter's Quilt

I finished a quilt for my babysitter. She's a 23 year old college student living in the dorms, so I thought this would be nice for her to have. She has been wonderful! She's the first "sitter" we've had in 6 years! I seriously don't know how I would have made it though this 7 1/2 month deployment without her!
My husband is due home on the 1st!! We have a "date night" scheduled for the 6th, so I'll be giving this to Brittany then.
It's kinda hard to see, but for the quilting I free form quilted large flowers in the center of each 10" square and then a smaller flower in each corner where the squares met up. They aren't perfect, but something different for me and I really like how it turned out. (these 2 pictures above were taken before washing and drying the quilt) This quilt is made with Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane and measures 58.5" x 67.5".

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt.... she will love it! I love how you quilted flowers in it... it turned out really good!

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  2. I hope you hand her a box of tissues with it as there are going to tears! Very sweet quilt to give to someone from the heart.

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  3. She'll love the quilt. Yeah for August 1st. I bet you can't wait.

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  4. what a wonderful gift! i am sure she will LOVE it!

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  5. What a nice gift. We do have to give service back to those who have been helpful to us. Good for you!

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  6. Hi Jen! I love this quilt (obviously!) and I really love how you quilted it. I always want to try new quilting but I always chicken out. You are inspiring me to try something new!

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