Finished! :: Orange Sherbet Quilt

Cause what else do you call an orange quilt?  Since it’s so summery feeling to me, and orange sherbet reminds me of summer, and it is summer…I think that works.  So in reality it’s an hourglass quilt.  I loved my red one, but I think I love this orange one even more.  I was going to keep this for myself, but now I'm thinking about selling it.  I’m still on the fence about it. 

I have a confession to make, I can’t ever decide which photos to post here of my projects.  I usually do one or two, and then upload a few more than that to Flickr…but I usually choose 20 that I like.  I feel like a dork for doing that.  But every angle is a new feeling to me.  I do the same thing when I take portraits of people.  I give them way too many options.  It’s something I've been trying to work on.  So basically, if you ever want to see more views of most of my stuff, you can wander over to my Flickr. 

Brice loved the quilt, too.  He had to rub it down.  That’s been a new thing lately, rubbing everything – blankets, floors, me…  I’m not sure if this is because I rub his arm as he nurses (or leg) or if it has to do with dad.  Dad likes to put his soft blankets down on the floor and rub them to get Brice to come down onto them.  Either way, it’s quite cute (and funny) at times.

But that has nothing to do with my quilt!  I know most of you don’t read our family blog, so I have to share a picture of Brice once in awhile.  And this quilt was the perfect backdrop for photos.  I am going to think about using quilts in more of my photos of kids from now on. 

Let’s see, what else can I say so I can keep sharing photos…  Binding went on fast…and I’m going to post sometime later a new binding tutorial, and ditch the ones in my sidebar.  I want to go with an easier to understand tutorial, more along the lines of my recent tutorials: quick and photo rich.  It will be a multi part series, starting with how it’s made and then I'll go on to how to attach it to the front and finally how I attach it to the back.  That way, a beginner wont get overwhelmed…they can start with step one and not see step two until they are ready.  I have some friends that haven’t done binding on a quilt yet and this will be a great resource for them, not only the first time, but time and again after that.

Alright, I’ve shared enough photos for one post.  Head over to Flickr if you want to see more.