Bloggers Quilt Festival

I think the name of my blog needs to be " LIFE with Sewing on the Side".

Fabric is my passion.... and a quilt will always make my heart skip a beat, however Life here is more often about stash and dream.  There just always seems to be more to life than my time in my sewing room can afford or the more likely culprit and time bandit ... reading blogs and dreaming of more quilts.  For all of the quilts I dream about and want to make every once in a while there is a great moment of  exhilaration when I can say horray, horray  I FINISHED a quilt!
I'm a little slow with the finishes but a finish is still a finish. I am hoping to gain a little momentum now that all my children have left the nest.....but as the story goes....

 now I have grandchildren to love.



It is time for the spring bloggers quilt festival and I am going to add my two cents to the over 500 participants. WOW that is a lot of quilts and it is a FREE show.....  This is my first time participating.  If you want a quilt fix you can get it over at Amy's site.

 Today I am sharing a quilt with you that took way to long to finish. It is not a complicated pattern so I don't expect a great amount of OOOHs and AHHHs from the grandstand.  But I left the land of what I know how to do and tried some new things.... that in itself spells D-E-L-A-Y.  I tend to procrastinate and think too much when I don't know what I am doing.  This is the first ever real life quilt I made for someone start to finish. You can read more about the details of the delay here.

Technically it started out as a baby quilt.......
but it is bigger than you might think of a baby quilt,
and since it took me nine years to finish (GASP)....
I am thankful I had bigger on my mind at the start.
The size is about 60x60.


I painted on fabric with acrylic paint adding textile medium!  I used a stencil.  Yes it was scary to start painting. There is  no turning back once you start.

and I quilted it with my little OLD Bernina sewing machine using my walking foot.

that was a first.

I don't do Free motion quilting yet.

so straight lines it is .

the stars have a little extra stuffing.

A bit of trapunto effect.

It is another new to me creative effort. 

each side of the quilt contains his birth information

full name

 Birth date

weight and length

town he was born in

thinking about warm and cozy....

quilt label

sleeping under the stars......

it would make sweet dreams I think.

A nine year old is not impressed with a quilt with baby info on it...

He is more into star wars,

 but his mommy cried when I unveiled it. 

I know she appreciated all the love and work that went into this.

And I am really glad that I finished it.

 My husband said......some day his wife will love it. 

Marshall's response...."I'm never getting married!"

Yes we had a good laugh over that comment.

So it is done and delivered.

Time will tell what becomes of it.

Perhaps it will be good fort material.      :    )

I'm linking up to the bloggers quilt festival.

 May all your quilts make you smile and feel loved

Happy day to you!

Thanks for stopping by. 

janita