Officially, my Red Cross position goes away at the end of this month because of some national consolidations. I wasn't planning to return after Jess was born, but I've gone back to work on a "consulting" basis until they're done with the transition to the new processes. As of July 1, though, I can consider myself retired!
So when I haven't been snuggling my baby or back at work, I've been working on a quilt for the lovely Remington Bentley. Remmy was born about five weeks after Jess and is already winning the hearts of the boys in her life. Jess and Josiah got their first chance to compete for her affections last weekend! Poor Josiah was at a disadvantage, having been given her feet:
Anyhow, Remmy's mom, Nike, had commented that these were her favorite quilts I'd done in the past:
I think the most striking thing these quilts have in common is that they used a wider variety of fabrics in smaller pieces. So, with that in mind, I picked a bunch of fabrics in Nike's nursery colors (lavender and sage) and went to work!
I used the Kitchen Window block from Elizabeth Hartman's Practical Guide to Patchwork and followed her recommendation to make the "panes" scrappy so I could use a lot of different fabrics. The blocks are 16x16" though, so I ended up with a long, skinny quilt top (her guide is for a full sized quilt and I was cutting it down to baby size). So I added a strip made of all the different fabrics I used down the middle to make it a better shape.
To go with her colors, Nike picked a nature theme for Remmy's nursery. So I quilted this swirly tree on each of the window blocks and surrounded them in circles that make me think of cobblestones or a creek bed.
Lastly, here is a picture of Remmy looking at Jess like he's the dreamiest boy she's ever seen.
