I started Plain Spoken a full month before my friend was due and I was on track to finish and send the quilt off by her due date (scheduled c-section). babyG was born on July 17. It's been over two months. What have I been doing? Naturally working on other things, like dresses and tops and shirts.

Poor babyG has gone quilt-less for two months while I've been crafting away selfishly. I can name the reasons, but the amount of time to go from quilt top to quilt was less than 2 hours. I totally could have finished it and sent it on time. I'm definitely guilty of crafty negligence.

Okay babyG, this ones for you.

Pattern: Plain Spoken, The Modern Quilt Workshop
Fabric: Country Cotton Solids and Symphony Broadcloth
Size: Approximately 38" x 40"

Notes:
This was a fun quilt to make. I followed the string piecing method as instructed in the book. The hardest part of the quilt was the layout. As I mentioned in a previous post, it will probably be easier to use more than 4 colors (the book, I believe, recommends at least 7). Other than that it was easy as pie. I quilted it using this "rolling pin" motif crisscrossed with a bead type motif rather than the nice stiple/free motion style they show in the book (I'm not versed in free motion, yet).

Love those ripples and rumples

I also attached the binding by machine instead of half by machine and half by hand like I did on the Charlie Brown quilt. Sewing it on by machine gives you a visible stitch on both sides whereas attaching one side by machine and slip stitching the remainder by hand gives you an invisible finish. It is more time consuming to do it by hand, but I prefer the invisible finish over saving time.

The quilt back is nothing more than a coordinating polka dot print. I was lucky to find one that pretty much matched the greens I chose for the top.

I hope they like it as much as I do!

And for those of you who want the full shots of the quilt, here's the front and the back.