Finished Baby Quilt

I finished the binding on this baby quilt this morning:

It is one made for my old roommate during our Iraq deployment, who just had her second little girl. She wanted something pink and brown, feminine, but not TOO girly. I think I accomplished that. She says she loves it!


I used moda marbles for the sashing, and the backing is by Deb Strain, although I can't remember off the top of my head which collection! The fabrics in the squares came from a mini-FQ-bundle I had in my stash for while. Although I didn't like piecing the blocks together, and wasn't completely happy with the way they turned out before, now that they are put together, I really am happy with the overall product!

And so it begins...

I'm a 21 year old first time mommie to the most beautiful baby boy. My entire life has been turned upside down since the day that I found out I was pregnant. I had just gotten back from a yearlong deployment to Iraq when we conceived. My boyfriend and I met in Iraq, and although extremely interested in each other we wanted to remain friends until we got to the states and not start our relationship over there. Well, see how that worked out? I got pregnant the night I got back to the states, and he knew it way before I did. Since then it has been a humongous roller coaster of events, emotion, and drama. Every day I feel like I'm either at the end of my ropes or at the top of the world.
I'm not even really sure what I hope to accomplish with this blog, other than that nobody I personally know knows that it exists, at least not yet.