Intense!!

This is what i am working on these days. this is my third day on this quilt....and it is only baby size...about 52x58.  but it is so intense and small and filling that i can only work about an hour or so and then have to quit for a while. it makes my shoulders tight and my fingers hurt. but i think it shall be lovely.

It is for a baby that lives in Texas....he will be born in May. his grandma is my best friend in Texas. they wanted green, white and orange....the colors of the Irish flag. so, i am quilting in a light green on a white background. the border is light green and Patrick Aaron's name will be in orange in the border.

the backing is a green marble from Wilma at  http://christianlanequilters.com/     Wilma and Jim quilt for others and have a business selling fabrics. Wilma invented the Fatback....it is a wide fabric (118") that is 3 1/4 yards long. big enough for a queen size quilt....but you only pay for 3 yards. Wilma and Jim are the best. go see their website....buy a fatback....check out her work. gorgeous.

i designed this quilt with the help of Adam from a class i took at MQR. he taught us how to break down a design and draw a piece of it and then copy and mirror image that part to make the whole. this is my first quilt with the benefit of Adam's class. Adam is a first rate quilter himself.