Gregory's First Birthday Quilt

     Of course Gregory turned 1 years old last year; April 1, 2011....so this project was done well before my blogging days but b/c I'm currently working on some birthday projects for Gregory's 2nd birthday I wanted to share with you what I did for him last year.  Thanks to blogland this year I have so many ideas flying through my mind that he will be getting a lot more handmade gifts than he did last year.  For his first birthday I only made him this quilt.  He loved and still loves Mickey Mouse.  He had a Mickey Mouse themed birthday last year as a matter of fact.  I also had found him a Mickey Mouse head pillow (shown above) that I just had to buy him...so I decided to make him a blanket...and since I love quilts, I decided I would make him a quilt.  I didn't have the time or the patience to cut up and then sew together a ton of small squares...how horrible am I!?  So I bought a few yards of the best Mickey Mouse fabric I could find; the options were sad last year!  I then bought just plain white for the back of the quilt.

 I ironed straight all of my fabric

 I pinned batting in between the two pieces of fabric

Then started sewing lines to make squares in the fabric.  After I sewed lines back and forth and across...

I folded the sides over and sewed them down so that the white would come around to the front to create a border.  I folded the corners down, sewed them into place and WALLA!! So it didn't quite happen quickly,  it took me FOREVER b/c I was a new Momma and couldn't find the time I needed!  But it came from the heart!

I however LOVE the pattern I did which shows really well on the back...it took me many hours but whats a quilt w/ out an awesome sewing pattern?  I'm really happy I was able to catch it on my not so awesome camera!

Big stuff coming for his 2nd birthday and I cannot wait to share with you.  The first project is already done and I'll be sharing that one next week!!!!



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