While his due date rolls by, at least we got his quilt done.

Guess who stopped by today with a little something?!

My amazing seamstress/crafter friend Holli.  I had traded her some Footzoning for her to bind baby boy's quilt.  If you'll recall, she made one of my favorite quilts ever for Aiko.  here

This picture is probably the best true to color photo.  I wanted as deep a blue as I could get, so you'll probably notice some of the pictures look black...one day I'll learn about photography.  I bought the fabric from a shop on Etsy here.  I even washed it and it stayed pretty much the same. 

This is pretty much the whole quilt!  I made it the size of a crib.

Here is after hand stitching all the constellations and then tying french knots to bind the two sides together.  Which, it only took my until now to learn how to do french knots.  I always just a tied a knot. 

Sadly, it does gather lint like crazy...but it looks ever so amazing after being cleaned up!

 

Before handing it over to Holli I did attempt to lint roll it.  But of course, the lint roller ran out.  Holli is a very detailed person, luckily, it came back all lint free from her house. 

See this binding?  I love it.  
I once made a quilt...the binding, well let's just say it's half done and works enough for me.  

 

Thanks to my mom, Auntie Mitsie and Holli for helping me finish it! Because really, it always takes many people to finish a quilt. 
  

Because I say, it was well worth it.  I love staring at it.

Previous blog about the quilting process here.

Little Brother

As little brothers debut is coming quickly, I realized that I needed to finish his quilt.  We have a specific name in mind that somewhat inspired this quilt, but the husband doesn't want to decide on anything solid until he sees the little guy.

Why do we as moms think these tiny babies even need them?  Aiko doesn't really sleep with her quilts, she sleeps on top of them in a heap.  So why go to all the trouble of making these awesome quilts I wonder? 

Because they are awesome.  

I still have this hanging on my banister.  I've always loved the stars, so I just sit staring at it sometimes because it looks like the night sky. 

I only stitched the top of the quilt, because my mom is a genius.  Originally, I was going to stitch both sides and somehow bind them together.  But then, the mama suggested that I do one side then we could quilt them together with french knots to make it look like there are little stars everywhere too.  

Genius. I know, she is Asian you know.