quilt.

wow! i finally finished my first-ever quilt! thank goodness it is for a baby-friend & has a deadline (they arrive tomorrow for a visit, hurray!). can't wait to gift it to her. enjoy, ah!!

the beautiful backstory: ever since we have known rmh, which would be the early days of our small group in tx, she has been a magnificent & generous quilter. at the time, we were all young married couples sans kids. now, if we were to reunite, there would be eleven children underfoot, with more on the way... and rmh has showered each babe with loads of love & prayers, all wrapped up in a handmade quilt! we mamas vowed that when she had her first child, we would make & gift her a quilt as well! well, when the news came that they were expecting, we made a plan... each gal would choose two fabrics within the color scheme of black, white & green, then send them to me & i would muddle my way through a bunch of straight-stitching til it became a quilt. lucky for me i have access to quilt experts (a mom, an aunt, and a local friend) to call upon. which i did frequently. i made up a pattern that would cover up any sure-to-come imperfections and began marching through the steps of ironing, cutting, sewing, repeat. within a couple months, i had pieced together the top. yeah! of course it took me another 16 months to finish the rest, but here it is in the end. what a privilege to wrap up their family in the warm love of a one-of-a-kind quilt, just as they have kindly shared with us. love you guys, h family!