This week, I'm working on a baby boy quilt for my niece's second baby. I'm 95% sure she's having a boy. Shortly after she got married, I conducted the highly scientific needle test to determine the sex of her future children. The results were girl then boy. Her daughter Lily is 18 months old (and the cutest baby on the planet!). When my friends were having babies, I used this test a lot, and was only wrong once. I used to keep a threaded needle in my wallet!Before Lily was born, her mother asked for a puff baby quilt, similar to the one my mother had made for her in 1977. I was horrified to be involved in this process. But I was a good girl, and did the cutting and final assembly. My mother did all the hand work (again). Each puff is stitched by hand and stuffed. Imagine my surprise when I read in the current issue of Quilter's Home that puff quilts are making a comeback. Clover is now selling a clip set that makes handling the nasty little puffs easier. Yikes!
My niece and her husband are Nascar fans, so before Lily was born, I bought 2 yards of racecar fabric, just in case. I'm using it now to make a quilt for her brother, due in a few weeks. I really liked Mary's Twisted Happy Blocks, so I dug through my vast colelction of novelties, leftover from I Spy days. I like the quilt, but it just didn't seem right for this baby. It will become a kid's raffle at our guild show in October.
So I designed a checkered flag quilt that shows off the racecars. I love the crispness of the solid fabrics, but they weren't easy to find. I had to go to two quilt shops and WalMart(!) to find 4 good colors. Here's a sneak peek. I'll show you the rest after it is quilted and gifted. When this is done, I need to quilt the big sister quilt I've been working on for Lily.
Ciao,Tina
5 comments:
Hi Tina,
Love all the quilts...you've been busy. Such great colors in the sudoku quilt!
~Karen~
ps does your husband want to kill me for getting you started in this bloging world??lol
Wow, I remember puff quilts! I definitely have the same feelings that you have about them. I love all your other quilts. Best of luck to your friend on her baby boy. .....crossing my fingers...
Hi Tina,
Your post was like a trip down memory lane. My mother always did the needle test, though I can't remember how often she was correct. I never see anyone do it these days.
I also remember puff quilts, though I never made one.
It sure looks like you have been busy. I just made my first block of '09 tonight.
Off to read more of your blog.
Welcome to blogland. I sure you'll have a great time posting.
We used to do the "needle test" with a ring on a string. It worked everytime too. You just held it still over the wrist and it started moving all by itself.
Puff quilts: I have a friend who has moved 8 or 10 times and everywhere she went she offered a puff quilt class and it filled every time.
I am the lucky niece that requested the puffer quilt. My grandmother made me one when I was born almost 32 years ago and I still sleep with it everynight!! As for the needle test...believe it or not, it was wrong this time.
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