Bright Blessings for Jo

Created this baby quilt over a week of evenings and a weekend of sewing

 - an easy-peasy pattern called Tweet from a Spotlight promotional magazine.

It was a baby shower gift for my lovely workmate Jo Stanway, expecting her bundle 

of joy in November.  I had asked her when baby was due and what colours she would like me 

to make the quilt in (because she would know I would want to 

make a quilt) - so she was surprised, at the surprise shower last Tuesday

 afternoon, that I had made it so quickly.

The quilt measures 47.5" x 55.5" and has a mixture of bright solids, a gingham, 

a geometric, the dog paws print and the Dr Seuss ABC print.  

Jo and her husband 'Ces' don't know the baby's gender so brights cover both bases.

Jo always has dogs or puppies around her on the farm so I was thrilled to 

find the pawprint fabric at Kitz'n'Things in Invercargill.

The backing is a polka dot flannel, so cosy! 

And I just used a large all over stipple in a navy thread for the quilting.

And here is the mum-to-be! It has been a busy term at school so we decided 

to have the baby shower this week as a nice way to finish the term off! 

And it meant Jo was very surprised as she knew nothing about it happening!

And I love being able to share my work with like-minded crafters via Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday - I hope the week has gone well for all of you! I've just got back from five days of wonderful tutorials at the NZ National Quilting Symposium in Christchurch.

 I felt very lucky to have learnt from quilting artists such as Lyric Kinard, Pat Archibald, Donna Ward, Judy Coates-Perez and Brenda Gael Smith - I was in a state of crafty-bliss for five days!
I have posted by projects at this link.