WA WA WUBBZY stripey stars!

so this week went NOTHING like i planned. when the project quilting challenge went up last sunday, I thought to myself, "I'd better get this done tonight, because the rest of the week is going to be super-busy." I had work, doctor's appointments for Rowan, doctor's appointments for me, an extreme lack of home nurses (you can read my other blog "row your boat" if you're curious about that topic). so ANYWAY, i thought the only way i was going to make a quilt was going to be if I did it that night. and I did! the next day, everyone in my house got sick with the plague and I realized my week wasn't NEARLY as busy as I had planned...no, it was BUSIER. (especially for mom, who happens to be the only one not sick.) but that's another story.

the project was "wish upon a star," and required only that you use a star somewhere in the quilt. my dad happened to be over when the challenge went up, so i took a moment to go down and look at my fabrics for some inspiration. here's what i found:

SCORE!

let me just pause here and say, i am a lucky girl to have an aunt cordelia. aunt cordelia is a photography professor at Queen's University in Charlotte, NC. she happens to be friends with an interior design prof there, who gave her a bunch of upholstery (and other) scraps to use in her artwork...see here:    http://www.cordeliawilliams.com/   well, auntie cordelia passed some of these treasures, including this one, along to me last time I was down to visit. finally it was time to put it to use!

so the first thing i did was CUT all the baby upholstery fabrics away from the mama upholstery fabric. (cruel, yes i know.)

baby fabric

bye bye momma!

and then i drew stars on the back of the baby fabrics. i did NOT use a template because i wanted all the stars to be a little different. the tags on the bottom did get in my way a bit :(

unique baby stars

i actually cut stars from each and every baby fabric that i had. my original plan was to put all the stars on one backing fabric and just applique them there for a big "star smorgasbord." when i had the audition on the dining room table, billy (my awesome husband) walked by and said, "are you trying to make fun of the american flag or something?" well, i'm not usually one to let other people's opinions disturb my creative process, but when i looked at it twice, i realized he was right.

so i switched gears.

i threw all the cut-out stars on the dining room floor.

my son, Rowan FREAKED OUT!

yes i'm a holy terror

and he started saying STARS! STARS! STARS! and throwing them all over the place.

i thought, well, baby, if you want stars, i'll give you some gosh-darned stars! i let him play with all the stars but four, and took those downstairs and zig-zag sewed them into squares, and then i sewed the squares into a sashing, and then the whole thing into a binding, and then there you have it, a WUBBZY!

I gave it to Rowan when I was giving him his night-night bottle, and he promptly said "NO!" and threw it on the floor. which means, I think he loves it! YAY for wubbzies!

me and the proud recipient

the babysitter and his dog, Macy

and that's all for now. thanks and goodnight!