February Brings a Finish and PHD Report

Happy February 1st to all! The month where we celebrate Groundhog Day, St. Valentine's Day, President Lincoln's birthday, President Washington's birthday, and --- wait for it! --- MY birthday! Hahaha! This is usually a pretty good month for me.

Before February can officially begin, we must seal the deal on January and that means a PHD Report. 

It doesn't look all that good yet as I didn't finish any UFOs but if you look under STARTS you can see that I did have a finish! Also if you've followed me for a little bit, you know I'm getting close to finishing the top of Awesome Land and I only need to sew the back for the Rudolph pillow. But let's talk about the finish I did manage to achieve.

My friend Karla (who used to be my neighbor) invited me to her daughter's baby shower. I was thrilled to hear that Karla was going to be a first-time grandmother so happily accepted the invitation, especially since she told me to bring Mom along too. The shower was held at a local pizza shop and it was wonderful. We had salad, bread sticks, toasted ravioli, and mostaccioli. So delicious!

After looking over the gift registry, I knew I had the perfect fabrics to go with her nursery choices. I went to my Fat Quarter Baby Quilts book and decided on the James quilt. The directions were easy to follow and I had a quilt top in no time. Here's a link to where I last spoke of my quilting progress and now that's it's been gifted, I can show it to you. I regret to say that I was in such a hurry, I really didn't get any good pictures. It's been REALLY COLD around here lately too.

Freshly washed with all its crinkliness!

Looking sweet with a bit of red background

A peek at the backing which was also used on the front

Close-up of the blue orange peel quilting and a closer look at the fabrics
I love the blue gingham binding, as well

Couldn't resist a draping shot
We're holding this chaise for Karla for when she can move it

So that's my finish for January and I can start thinking about getting the Awesome Land top and Rudolph pillow finished!

Have a wonderful mid-week Wednesday!