Dino Baby Quilts

I think I've been working on these quilts in the background for about a month or more now. I'm super excited to have them done! Doing two almost identical quilts definitely made things easier.

Nothing too complicated, just letting that awesome dino print speak for itself. For anyone looking to get some, it's Urban Zoologie 2 Dinosaurs in Bright. The corner squares are ones I got from Kati's charm square swap.

Here's the bigger one, measuring about 36" square, with black binding, yellow loopy quilting, and trees on the back (because Dinos live in a jungle, right?):

Here's the smaller one, measuring about 32" square, with bright green Ta Dot binding, black loopy quilting, and a pieced back:

It was going to a little guy who made his appearance at 30 weeks, so this card seemed appropriate:

I love quilts all tied up, ready to be gifted!

Exciting News!

Although I've been slow to post about it, I finally know where we're moving this summer! I accepted a one-year job at the University of Michigan and I couldn't be more excited!! Jon and I will be moving to Ann Arbor, MI in August. One of the cool perks of this move is that there is an active chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild and I'll have much better work/life balance so I'm hoping to be able to sew more.

This also means that I set a date for my dissertation defense (August 2nd). This is the final step of my PhD program and it feels good to see the end in sight. There's a lot of work between now and my submission deadline in June, but I'm confident it'll all work out well.

And finally, and perhaps of most interest to readers of this blog, I've been sewing slowly but surely over the last few weeks. Two little boys were born early and I just need to sew the bindings on these quilts (I'll show more when I'm all done):


and there's also a special little lady coming soon and I've been working on some appliques for her quilt. Since her momma's a reader of this blog, I'll just share this little tease, but I'm excited to show you the rest.

 (Yes, Andrea, it's for your Lady B and hopefully it'll make it to you before she does)