Labor of Love

Last year, my labor of love was intense and painful but produced this beautiful girl:

This year, I had a different kind of labor of love. Logan got a beautiful toddler bed from her grandparents for her birthday and after looking through hundreds (seriously) of bedding sets for toddler beds, I decided I needed something a little less commercial. So, naturally, I turned to all things etsy and found several that I really liked but at $75-80 a piece, definitely could not afford (I mean, come on, it's for a tiny little bed she'll be in for a couple of years). So, I headed the fabric store, spent less than $15 and got started.

Now, all of this had to be done while the munchkin was asleep or otherwise occupied with daddy because (as you'll see below), she can be a bit destructive. I took out my handy dandy scissors, cut my squares (over 100 of them):

Added the batting and took a more artsy shot:

Quilted for HOURS:

Laid out my pattern:

Pattern was destroyed by said toddler monster:

RE-laid out the pattern:

Sewed it together:

Then began the two hour process of fringing it to make it a "rag quilt." There are no pictures of this because you'd basically see me making a bunch of nasty faces asking why I decided this was the best route to go. :) BUT, I am in love with the result and am glad that I did decide to go with it.

You know who else loves it?