The Farm, The Garden and The Quilts: Quilts

I just finished a baby quilt that my sister is planning to give to my son and daughter-in-law for their baby expected in May. It is a boy, Oscar Andrew, and I will be very busy making a quilt for the little one in the next few months. I enjoyed making this quilt - I quilted around the details of the flowers, bear and bunny as well as the background stitching and the border. I didn't go so quickly though, as I took some time off for Christmas.

My next project is finishing a quilt for a lady in her 80's who has Parkinson's and is not able to hold the needle to finish stitching the quilt. She got around quite well, but her quilting hand just never quit shaking. Her husband saw an ad I put in a local paper early last year to do hand quilting. He cut it out and saved it, and when she agreed she just would not be able to finish he gave me a call. It is a beautiful quilt, all embroidered with lots of quilting included. She quilted it in a pink thread and it made the quilting stand out even more. Her stitches are much longer than mine so I adjusted to resemble hers. I am excited to work on it and get finished as soon as possible as I have several more quilts with deadlines to make. These cold winter days will be spent quilting, daydreaming of my garden next spring.