Saturday, November 19, 2011

Baby's First Christmas...

 I made a new birdie quilt today. It's called Baby's First Christmas. I love all the little keepsakes I have for my kids. I  thought of all of the baby's first ornaments that I have and love. I am always afraid of them breaking. This little quilt won't break. Yay for that!


I wanted to hang a little embroidered sign from the branch that read "Baby's First Christmas 2011" but it was too much. Sometimes you just can't put all of the things you want to on a piece no matter how hard you want to or try to. I guess it's a less is more thing.


 I used Moda Basics Dots for back and bound it with green stripes from American Jane's Punctuation line.


I bordered the linen piece with some red and green dot from Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird line. Love those prints! I put it for sale in my etsy shop. I also put a few of the other birdie quilts back in the shop too. I have really gone back and forth about selling them. I really love them and I might be strange, but I grow very attached to something I put so much time into making. But I think it will be a good thing.

What are you up to this weekend?

20 comments:

Dawn said...

Erin- that mini is super cute! I love it.

Pat Merkle said...

It is adorably cute!

Toni said...

Sweet little mini, and wonderfully perfect for a first Christmas memento! This weekend I'm reorganizing the older boys' bedroom and their clothes. Exciting stuff, eh?

Carol- Beads and Birds said...

I LOVE those darned birdies!!

Char said...

Erin, this one is so cute. It brought a tear to my eye as I think of my baby who is a big girl now and away at college. Thank you for sharing.

Carla said...

I think I will spend this week end staring at your latest quilt. So so precious!!

Jennifer said...

Your little quilts are so adorable!! I wish I had that kind of talent!!!

www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com said...

you are killing me with all this cuteness. I seriously ♥this style so much.

Debbie said...

Just precious!

Jacque. said...

This bitty quilts of yours are so darling!

Quilter Kathy said...

I know exactly what you mean about selling your quilts! This one is absolutely adorable! I could never part with it!

West Michigan Quilter said...

Adorable! Can't believe you can let it go.

Debbie said...

Awe... I love this. It's beautiful! My first great-granddaughter was born Oct. 12 so this would be such a sweet gift.

You are soooo talented. I appreciate you sharing with us.

I'm working on painting a Holly berry ceramic Christmas tree right now. Gotta get to it too!

Take care,
Debbie

Barb said...

Cute...!

Indianna said...

Your quilts are just sooooooo cute....just proves that you dont have to make a big quilt for it to be impressive - fantastic

Annaliese said...

stunning!

Catherine said...

Just adorable! I too get attached to the things I make and sell but I think that's probably a good thing rather than churning out things that are so-so. I love that Early bird line. I have a few of those prints that I've put aside for a quilt for my parents.

Leslie said...

this is precious!!!

Bonnie said...

So sweet, cute and Christmasy! Love it!

Foxflower said...

Your birds are so cute, as is this concept!

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