my first quilt and a giveaway

I made my first quilt this weekend. I had a baby shower to go to on Sunday and I wanted to make the baby something but I was having some trouble getting inspired. I had planned on making a simple blanket with a cute cotton print on one side and a piece of flannel on the other and then tying it together with embroidery floss.

I wandered around the fabric store for 2 hours (it is a big fabric store) pushing an empty cart looking for something to strike me. Something. Anything. Finally I came across a print with my favorite color palette. Pale greenish blue, buttery yellow, bright light green, dark grey and red. From there I found another print and another and another and another. My simple blanket escalated to a quilt. With some help from the ladies at the store, I knew I would be able to get it finished. I might be up all night, but I would get it done.

I began the quilt around 5 pm and worked till 2 am. I woke up the next morning and finished the binding, stitching it by hand. I managed to do the last few stitches of binding, wrap a bow of fabric scraps around it and fling myself out the door into the car to make it to the shower ten minutes late. Here is Baby R's quilt. I made it about 42" square.







A blog that I follow, Tea Rose Home, is doing a giveaway of some super cute Riley Blake Designs fabrics to celebrate their 3rd Blogaversary. Riley Blake Designs makes some of my favorite quilting fabrics. In this quilt, the yellow plaid and green gingham are Riley Blake Designs from the fabric line Farm Fresh. To enter the giveaway, click here!