A Baby Quilt for Grandma

My wonderful mother-in-law was doing me a favor --- and it was a big one!  My husband had a business trip scheduled for Vancouver Island, and the work associate who was to have attended the trade show with him could not come.  A few days prior to his departure, my husband invited me to travel with him, and his parents offered to chaperone our seven children for a few days while we were gone.

Our children are very good, but their grandparents also had additional plans of their own.  The day we expected to return, they were to leave for a week to attend the dental school graduation for one of their younger sons.  Because this brother and his wife are expecting the arrival of their fourth child, my mother-in-law was putting together a quilt to take as a gift -- and it needed to be quilted before they left.  I was delighted to offer to do it for her, though the stipple quilting is not as fancy as a professional might have done.  Still, it saved the cost of having someone do it, and it was completed before my children arrived at her house!

This quilt is made from Thirties and Forties charm squares and solid pink strips; it is backed with a darling print in green, pink and blue on a soft white field.  I was particularly pleased with the way the piecing came together -- my family could hardly find those seams on the back!  At nearly 60" square, the quilt is a bit large for a newborn; a younger child often "shares" with older siblings (whose infant blankets are still good).  The stippling worked up fast and looked nice and fairly consistent.  I was pleased with it and felt a great deal of satisfaction when it was returned to my mother-in-law the following morning!

I finally figured out how to include a picture:  I photographed the quilt with my cell phone, but it had trouble talking to the computer....