FINISH- Isaiah's toddler quilt

 I  squeezed one more quilt in that was pieced in April, actually, but finished today, May 3.  

Today I actually sewed the binding on TOTALLY by machine.......an unusual thing for me, never done on a quilt even this big (40" x 50" approximately ).

This quilt came about because the boy and girl (a friend and neighbor's great grandkids) for whom I made little quilts when they were small, now have a little brother who is approaching his third birthday in July.  His granny let me know that he has been dragging their little quilts out to use, and she suggested that he needed one of his own.  

So, as soon as I finished the Nine-Patch Squared quilt, shared in my last post,I started designing Isaiah's quilt.  I had all of these fabrics, and after making the quilt top, I found out that he has a July birthday.  Perfect, ......fireworks, stars and stripes, and baseballs for the backing.  How much more Americana can you get????

Isaiah is a beautiful mixed-race little boy, and this fabric is made up of images of children from many races and cultures.  His brother and sister, are both involved in softball games, so he is very accustomed to seeing the use of a bat and ball.  This blue fabric came in very handy for a backing.

Excited that I had gotten it finished, I rushed it up the street to him WITHOUT getting pictures of the finished quilt.  I handed him the quilt, tied up with a long selvedge. He said thank you, and then tossed it onto the bed.    I took the selvedge off, he grabbed it immediately, (THE SELVEDGE STRING) and we started having a tug of war.  He thought that THAT (long string) was just THE greatest gift EVER from his "aunt" Dolly !

Hopefully, one day in the near future I will get a photo of him with his quilt.

His granny did call me later to let me hear him responding MINE when she teased him and said, "that quilt is granny's".

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Quilt finished at approximately 40 x 50 inches, was machine-pieced, quilted, and bound.