Lots of little things are being worked on but not quite completed. The UFO pile seems to be growing. However, babies don't wait and if you have agreed to make a baby quilt for someone, you really have to get it done before the due date (which I think is about a month away).
My nephew's wife has painted a wall mural behind the baby's crib (I have yet to find out if I will have another grand-niece or grand-nephew).
The crib quilt has been made with 6 shades of orange to represent a sunset and several grey, grey-blue, and blue pieces of fabric for the mountains. The centre is a mid-blue for water which allows a "reflection" and repeat of the mountains and sunset. The fabric was all cut free hand and pinned in place as I went along ... today I 'fastened' them in place with little bits of fusible webbing (Unique hem fuser comes in a 19 mm wide roll and is great for tacking things down)
I haven't decided if I will add the trees or not. And if I do, whether I will thread paint them on, make them of fabric and quilt them, or make separate thread trees and then applique them ... I like the last idea the best (using a technique from Laurie Swim's class last September) but I don't think I have enough time to do that for the number of trees I would probably need (going on a holiday soon). If I decide to thread-paint them I had better do that asap before I add the backing.
So the quilt, batting and backing are sitting on the cutting table waiting for a decision ... tomorrow??
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