POLKA DOT BABY QUILT

With three upcoming births in our family....I've been busy creating quilts. 

 Not having a specific theme or color suggestion for this one, a small stack of polka dot prints from my stash caught my eye.  My first thought was to limit the colors and make pink and blue 4 patch blocks. (The baby will be a girl.)  After realizing my prints wouldn't stretch that far I changed course.  Instead, I began piecing single 3" patches of every color in my collection.

 Naturally, then I realized there really weren't enough to finish AND not enough  to provide a pleasing distribution of color and pattern.  

I always appreciate belonging to several small fiber groups in the area.  Luckily, our PTA (group of 14) was scheduled to meet.....so with the stroke of a few computer keys.....my pals generously brought some from their stashes to share with me.

My goal was to make a manageable size quilt.....so I had intended to stop at this point.  However, it did seem a bit puny and I felt it needed a border to frame all that activity.......

This is the result.....of course you all know this is really only step one.......next a backing will be pieced....incorporating some more patches, then basting, then quilting, then binding, then label making....then mailing it off......

How lucky I am to have the time and studio space to do all these tasks......while watching/listening (often open mouth) some trashy reality shows!!

See what other creative folks have been up to this week:  Nina-Marie's Off The Wall Friday, Whoop, Whoop Friday, Crazy Mom Quilts.