It's Done!

One tradition that I have is to make a quilt for each of my babies. For each of the boys, I had theirs done before they were born. Well, for Elizabeth I had 2 quilts made for her before she was born. I knew I would keep one and give the other away, I just couldn't decide at the beginning which would be for her. After I finished those 2, they sat on a chair in the nursery for a good month as I tried to decide which I liked best for Elizabeth, and which one I would give to my good friend who was having a girl a few months later.
Then we got exciting news -- another good friend across the street was adopting a baby! The baby was born 12 weeks early (her name happens to be Elizabeth, too!) and the ward quickly threw together a shower for the happy new mom. I really wanted to make her a quilt, but with my own new baby and the short notice, I did not really have time to make a new one. So I ended up giving them the second of the 2 quilts I made for Elizabeth.
Before the neighbor's shower, I had sketched up a pattern and was actually contemplating making it in a week (baby quilts are SO much faster than bigger ones, and I do thrive on deadlines). But as I looked at the patterns, I realized the one that was already done was more of their fun, outgoing style, while my new sketch was more of our family's traditional style.
I started the quilt that really is for Elizabeth this time on Conference weekend.. I got a ton done then, and have slowly worked on it. I finished it this Sunday -- just in time to use it to cover her carseat from the snow we got on Monday :)
I wasn't able to get a great picture of it -- I couldn't get the lighting right. But this should give you a decent idea of it.Now we are doing a quilting club in our ward (which I am heading up at least for this first project). I am excited to share my hobby with others and help them make fun quilts, too!