Back to the good stuff.
I've finally had time now to work on baby things. As I've mentioned, we have two new grandchildren arriving shortly. Baby girl, Leanna Rene, will be welcomed into our lives around July 11. Our other baby will be coming in September, but we don't know if we are waiting on a girl or boy yet. We should know that in the next few weeks.
Leanna's birth date is coming up soon, so I'm going to be giving my DIL a shower on May 8 here at my house. This will be her third child, but the first two were boys and it's been over four years since the second boy, Landen, was born. She needs some new pink stuff this time. And I love pink.
I got started on the baby quilt that I showed the fabric for last week. It's coming along better and faster than I expected. I like to design my own patterns. I draw it out on graph paper first and make sure I have all the dimensions and measurements correct. Without a finished colored picture I don't always know what I'm going to get. I get a picture in my head, but that doesn't always translate into what the finished quilt will look like. So far so good on this one.
I fussy cut the little teddy bears out of the printed teddy bear fabric. I'll also use this teddy bear fabric as the border around the quilt.
There will be 12 - 9" squares total. I now have half the squares completed. I should have it finished in time for the baby shower.
I want to stick with the color theme of pink and chocolate for the colors and food at the shower. I'm working on ideas for this. Strawberries and chocolate brownies. Or strawberries dipped in chocolate. Pink fluffy jello salad. I have some pink dishes - might need more. I have pink votive candle holders. I'll have a cute pink and chocolate cake with teddy bears, or maybe individual cupcakes. If you have any ideas for me I'd love to hear them. I'm just starting to think and plan on this so I'm very open to ideas.
