Baby Steps

Remember way back, when I started the Dancing Stars QAL?

When these....

Went to this?

Finito!  I wanted this done before I left for WI this Friday. I think I delivered.  Love when that happens.

It took me an hr or so to do the straight lines on each side of the vertical seams.  Another day and couple hrs to do the clams (which came from the highly recommended Natalia Bonner's book) inside each and every triangle.  That was fun and went quite quickly.  I find that the more direction the clams are able to take on,the better the end result.  Learning as I go, I find, is the best way I know how.  

I dawdled on the quilting part of this top A LOT.  I didn't want to take away from the stars beauty and therefore I didn't want an extravagant overall quilt design.  My seams were not all completely lined up either so my quilting lines had to work in a way so as not to show that fault up!  I feel I have achieved that.

For the binding,I wanted to tie in the dark blues throughout my outline embroidery stitching on the stars and the sailor print on the back.  The Kona Midnight (?) did the trick.  The sailor print on the back was one that I bought years ago at a flea market in GA.  It has a great home now!

She measures 33" square. Will it be up for sale in the shop?

Hmmmmmm.....

I know you all are waiting for me to announce the answer to what my "post title" meant last time!






Several of you guessed it right away just by adding up the months it took to get to February 2014:)



Smarties!!



Ayden is going to be a BIG BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Josh and I are really excited for Baby #2!!!!!!!  I cannot wait to show off some ultrasound pics along the way and my growing belly!!!!!

I had NO symptoms really except heartburn with Ayden.  Well...............this time round it is a little bit different.  Nauseous all day especially afternoon and at night.  Feeling of wanting to "you know what",but I haven't hugged the toilet yet.  Hoping for the best!  I am also tired constantly.  I take an afternoon hr nap and I am in in bed my 10/10:30 every night.

I am at 9 weeks today and I cannot wait to feel normal again so I can really enjoy this pregnancy.  I shouldn't complain too much,though as it could be so much worse from stories I have heard of pregnant mama's.

Ayden is very anxious to feel the baby kick and he KNOWS it's a boy.  He tells me all the time.  He even has a name for him---- Luke! 

So I may keep the Dancing Stars quilt for now until we find out if it is a girl or boy.

Sara