excited!

my mom is ready to start working on amelia's quilt! we went fabric shopping a couple of weeks ago, and i cannot wait to see this quilt! my mom has patiently endured my endless chatter of "i'll know what i like when i see it", and i think she has a good idea of the quilt in my head. i saw this quilt on etsy a while back, and it looked pretty easy to make. (which is so easy for ME to say, since i'm not the one making it!) so my mom will be making a quilt similar to that one with different fabrics, and it will be much bigger than the etsy quilt. the fabric with the children playing will be the focus fabric, which i did steal from the etsy quilt. and then we're using a hodge-podge of fabrics from the high end quilt store down to walmart's $2 a yard stuff to make all the stripes (see image to the right). my mom will also be using fabrics with a history- i love these! there's gingham from my childhood desk chair, stripes from ethan's quilt, flowery fabric from caroline's quilt, and even some scraps from friends' quilts my mom has made (kristy, do you see the green plaid from your high school t-shirt quilt?!). she will bind it with the same navy fabric from caroline's quilt so that the girls' quilts will somewhat coordinate. all three of the kids' quilts are vintage-looking primary colored quilts. ethan's and caroline's go so well together, even though caroline's is totally girly and ethan's is all boyish stripes. so amelia's will hopefully go right with theirs while having a different look, too! what a special gift these quilts are to my children. i have quilts hanging in amelia's room that were made by my great-grandmother and grandma, and i treasure them. i have no doubt that one day, my grandchildren will admire the loving work done by their great-gram! i can't wait to admire this one myself...