Simple Baby Quilt

It's been a crazy few months. Getting ready for baby #2 who arrives in just 4 weeks while managing a toddler has made for a busy busy summer. I've been battling with mommy guilt over the fact that I have been so involved with T that I haven't spent the same attention on preparations for baby 2. By the luck of the draw (coming second) baby #2 is going to be getting left overs and hand me downs from his big sis but there are a few things that I wanted to make just for him. I was set on making a baby quilt and a (not yet tackled) room mobile. I have never quilted before and so for my first attempt I wanted something simple yet stylish. I found inspiration & great how to techniques online at Purl & on You Tube. The only thing special I had to buy was a quilting foot that enables you to sew multiple layers together without the fabric slipping. I started with batting or pinning the three layers of fabric together with safety pins then proceeded in sewing zigzag lines of different threads across the short length of the pinned material. I did this repeated and changed colors with each pass until I "felt" the quilt was "done". The last step was to trim the edges and attach binding material around the edges. My total budget for this project including the new sewing foot was $22.00 and total time was about about 3 1/2 hours.

Materials:
Cotton batting
2 contrasting colors of cotton material
Several thread colors
Safety pins
Quilting foot

tiny terrarium

There's not alot of show stopping Fall fireworks here in East Texas. While rest of the country is starting to get chilly days and experiencing the first of the light freezes we are all still running around in tank tops and flip flops. I can't say I don't miss the autumnal bright yellows, oranges and reds but we enjoy what we do have and in my garden it's agave, succulents and aloe. T and I were outdoors today and picked some of the new sprouts and brought them indoors to create a tiny terrarium. The succulents when they divide let out small offshoots called pups we collected these and some river rock and moss to create our little green world.

Materials:
Glass container
Drainage rocks
Catcus soil
Assorted plant clippings
Moss
River Rock