I Must Be Crazy

I love sewing, and making quilts. I have only made 2 quilts but I really loved every second of it. When I realized how close to being done with my quilt I was, I panicked! "What will I do? I'll be so bored! I'll have nothing to do but clean and cook, EWW!" So I did what any crazy sewing fanatic would do, decided to make another quilt. My cousin is having a baby in September, a girl, yippie. I was debating what to make her, and so when I was faced with the quilting dilemma I jumped at the opportunity to make a baby quilt. There are only 2 weeks until I start school again, I might be crazy to make another quilt, but at least I realize that it needs to be a small one. (I also am lacking funds, which makes a baby quilt very smart). However, on the tails of calling myself smart I should mention that I don't have a pattern for this quilt! I saw a picture of a super cute tiny quilt on a blog and it really inspired me. I figured out dimensions, and colors, and yardage pretty much on my own(Charlie helped me a little with the yardage part). 

So yesterday when I should have only been going to the fabric store to get thread to finish the first quilt I also bought fabric to start another one. Geeze, just writing it makes me realize how silly I am. I must say that picking out fabric was the one of the easiest thing I have ever done. Typically looking at the pattern or picture on the pattern overwhelms, and confuses me in regards to fabric color choices. But when you make up your own pattern you only have your own vision in your head to go by, no confusion, it was great. Perhaps I should always fly by the seat of my pants when it comes to quilting and purchasing fabric. Perhaps I will wait until the quilt is done to see if that is a good idea. 

Here are my fabric choices:

I bought baby blanket binding because I think it is so soft and snuggly, and I have fond memories of how soft my baby blanket was with this type of binding on it. 

And here is my rough design for the blanket. I did all the cutting last night. The pieces are pretty big so it didn't take long. 

In the big pink rectangles at the top left and bottom right I am going to embroider or put appliques of something. I am having a difficult time deciding what to do though. I was thinking either a black scottie dog or a white lamb. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. 

Now I am off to enjoy the sunshine.

Lauren!