Ta-Dah!

A quick post to share my latest accomplishment...
I finished the picnic quilt!!!

I backed this with a medium weight denim for durability, and at 5ft by 6ft its large enough for the whole family.
Don't ask me why I chose a cream colored sashing for a quilt that is sure to bear food and mud stains.
I love how it turned out anyhow.  An added bonus for me - I stuck to my plan and used only scraps for the blocks.

Since I have a tendency to start a quilt, then finish it a year later, this is quite a feat.  I started this quilt less than a month ago!  I am patting myself on the back; I am also smart enough to enjoy this brief stage of no demanding newborn, for soon I know that my sewing machine will sit quietly on the desk as I change, nurse, bounce, change, and nurse again and again.  Don't get me wrong - I am excited to meet this little girl, but I can wait until September to do so.

In the mean time, I have another sewing pattern for some girl's clothes and...

here's proof that we are out and active for the second time this week.