My Latest Project

I really don’t consider myself creative, much less a seamstress, but sometimes I try anyway.  Over Christmas I came up with the bright idea to make a quilt where each year I can put Josiah’s (and any other kids’) handprint on a square and watch him grow.  I bought some of the fabric on clearance after Christmas, put his first handprint on it, and stuck it in the closet.  Several weeks ago I decided to pull it out, I bought the rest of the materials I needed, and set to work. 

I decided to make it a small uncomplicated quilt since it was my first, so I chose to do this ragged quilt.  I tried to keep the pattern simple squares because by the time it is filled with handprints, it will be quite busy, not to mention the spaces needed to be big enough for bigger hands!  If we have no more children, then there’s enough space for Josiah to put a handprint for like 60 years, but I bet he’ll lose interest somewhere in the teenage years!

Here is the ragged side with the first handprint:

And a close-up:

The reverse side with finished square edges: I have to say, while I don’t pride it as being the prettiest quilt ever, I do think it looks better in person.  All of the fabrics have either a gold or glittery sheen to them and the details of each don’t quite stand out in photos.  Oh well.