Remember several months back it was my very dear friends birthday, you know back in January! Well for her birthday this year I promised to make her a quilt. But first I had Jay's quilt to finish and then a baby blanket or two and a first birthday party to plan, well guess what... I finally finished it! It was only three months late, good thing she is so patient with me!
This quilt was really tough for me. It was not the quilts fault at all, she really picked out a very simple pattern. It stated on the pattern that it was classified as a weekend quilt and I believed it! I told Beth when we went to buy the fabrics that I thought I should have it finished in roughly a week. That totally did not happen, not even close.
It turns out life really got in the way of my quilting, don't you hate when that happens. Jay was really busy the past month and it seemed that every time he went out of town C managed to get sick somehow with either teething or a double ear infection that just would not go away. So every time I went to quilt I had baby fever brain and kept making stupid mistakes.
I had a couple of down times, but kept on persisting because it was for Beth. I like to think about the person I am making the quilt for when I am sewing. It helps me to keep going if I know I am making it for a loved one or a loved ones wee baby. This one really took a lot of love to finish. If it was for anyone else (yes, even you Jay) it would not have been completed. But it was for Beth and I do love her so! So it eventually was finished . Way later than promised. But finished with love.
I hope she enjoys snuggling with it in this lovely 90 degree spring we are having in Va! Love you Beth, Happy Belated Birthday!