The Baby Lattice Quilt...finished!

Yeah! The project I've been working on all of this month is finally finished!

Just 3 days ago, this quilt was looking like this:

All it needed was the binding.

Lots of work this month was preventing me from getting into the sewing room.

It's been the winter testing period for the school district.

In the past 2 weeks, I've tested almost 300 kindergarteners and 1st graders.

Once each school day was over, I was too pooped to do much of anything!

Choosing a fabric for the binding always seems to be a tough one.

I lined up the fabric choices beneath the edges to see what would jump at me.

They all did!

So, I had to ask my husband for help.

Yeah, the one who has trouble matching his socks to his slacks.

The one who has a great eye for matching binding to quilt tops!

Using the process of elimination, we ended up choosing the coral floral fabric from Kate Spain.

It turned out to be a perfect choice!

We had a few rays of sunshine this morning and we ran outside for photos.

Has January been gray and gloomy for everyone?

Sigh.

This quilt will be given to the daughter of a good friend who is having the first

grandbaby on both sides of the family.

The expectant mother grew up with my kids and it will be such a joy

to give this to her as she and her husband welcome their new blessing into the world!

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The Lattice Quilt

Last month, a good friend told me her daughter is expecting a baby. Oh joy! This will be the first grandchild on both sides of the family.

Last week, my friend called again to tell me it will be a girl. She is over the moon giddy with the news! Of course, I had to ask if she had chosen colors yet and yes, she had.

So, what do I do?

What every quilter does. Start to pull fabric for a quilt!

Grandma-to-be said the colors were minty green, coral/cantaloupe and gray. I like the way today's new moms choose modern color combos. It's so fresh and well, modern!

Then, I went on the hunt for a quilt pattern. Looking through my Pinterest board, I found one I liked. After those last 2 quilts I made, I wanted something simple without a gazillion pieces of varying sizes. Nope, this had to be simple.

I found this:

The Baby Lattice Quilt from the Moda Bake Shop

In one afternoon, I had my pieces cut and laid out.

(no photo taken...oops)

Yesterday, I sewed all of the rows together.

  

    

Today, I started to sew the sashing between the rows.

I really like how this is coming together...and so quickly!

Baby's due in April,

so I will have plenty of time to fiddle with it,
but I'm really hoping to get it finished this month.
I don't need another WIP!

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