A Finished Project!

I decided that I needed to challenge myself with learning a new quilt block. I know, I don't have enough on my plate already, right? Well, I wanted to try making a rounded pattern, since all I've ever really done has used 90 or 45 degree angles. I skimmed through my quilt book library, but couldn't quite find anything that spoke to me. So, just to make things harder on myself, I decided to improvise...

This should have turned out very, very badly. Given past experience with craft projects, it's usually a really bad idea to wing it on a new project when you're already overwhelmed with life in general and your behind schedule crafting obsession.

But, in a rare twist of fate, the quilt actually turned out well. Sure, it was a learning process (as intended), but I didn't have to rip out more than one seam and I absolutely LOVE the way it looks! I will be using this pattern again, to be sure. Oh, and the quilt is for Pastor and Cindy Koch, who are having their first little boy (first BOY, who will have four older sisters!).

Random photo: the light from the setting sun reflected off of the plastic container I use to hold Harley's food and cast these really pretty reflections on the kitchen wall. They just struck me as really funky, so I had to take a picture.