Quilt number...who knows?

While working on a baby quilt this afternoon as Bryson napped, it occurred to me that I never posted about finishing Roman's quilt! Here are some pictures I took of it. Keep in mind....I never claim to be a photographer....




I honestly have to say this quilt turned out far better than what I thought it would. I had a hard time finding fabric to match the paint samples. A lot of these fabrics were fat quarters...which means I had to purchase small pre-cut pieces. That is why I decided on a scrappy look like this. I couldn't figure out where to put the rick rack, so I didn't use it. It still turned out really cute. I have to say, it is one of my favorites. I even threatened not to mail it to them! But I decided that wouldn't be very nice of me and very reluctantly drove it to the post office so the lady there could pry it from my hands.

If you would like to see pictures of cute little Roman on his quilt click here and scroll down to Mr. R. is 3 months. You can even see a photo of his cute little family that we miss a whole bunch! Oh my goodness! I just added my first link ever! I hope it works!

Sara

Roman's Quilt

I have a new project to start this weekend. And no....I haven't finished the last quilt I posted about. In fact, I haven't touched it since. I will explain that in a moment. Roman is due a couple of weeks after Bryson turns two. I have a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. I never get my baby quilts done before the baby comes. I like to make something for that particular baby instead of making things up ahead of time that can go for either a boy or a girl. So I have waited until mommy picks out the bedding and has the nursery painted. I received a message on facebook last week with all the colors of the paint that will be in his room. So Saturday while Bryson was at home napping with his Daddy, I took a little trip to Home Depot and then on the Hancock's Fabrics.

Actually, the way that went was, I went to Hancock's and then remembered that I forget to go by Home Depot and get the paint samples so I had no idea what I was getting. So I left Hancock's, went to Home Depot, got the samples and went back to Hancock's.

I had a hard time finding fabric with the colors that matched the paint samples that didn't have flowers or pink on them. I looked around for quite some time before deciding on the fabrics that I liked together. Roman's mommy has also requested rick rack which I have always wanted to use in a quilt, but have not. I hope I can incorporate it into this one. Not sure how I will do it yet.

Here are the paints that will be in Roman's room.


And here are the fabrics I found to work with.


Rick Rack in chocolate brown. That will also be in his room, I just didn't get a paint sample of that cause, well, we all know that I know what chocolate looks like.


And this is my inspiration for my quilt.



Wish me luck!

P.S. The other quilt that I was working on.....I decided to back it with an old sheet that I had that wasn't really old, but don't use anymore. I started looking for it and then remembered donating it to purple heart a few months ago. Well, I needed to have the measurement of the backing fabric so I would know how wide I need to make the strips. I didn't want to get a bunch of it done and it be too long and have to cut it off. So I decided to look for one last time I went to Target. The first thing I saw when I walked down the aisle was perfect. It is an olive/khaki combination with chocolate brown paisleys. I thought it would work well since it does look kinda old and paisleys where really popular in the time period that all my scraps are from. I got the whole queen set for $19.99! That means I can use the fitted sheet to back another one and I guess I could use the pillow cases in another quilt! Maybe when I get Roman's done I will have time to work on it again.

Sara