Playin' in the Holy Water

We made a quick trip to St. Louis this past weekend. The event was little J's baptism. We were accompanied by his Aunt B (and of course little J's expected cousin came along for the ride!) as she was honored to be a godparent as was (mama) J's brother.

I have to admit that this the first baptism I've attended in the Catholic Church. Our United Methodist heritage usually has infant baptisms incorporated into a regular church service so this special little service in the afternoon was new to us and was very nice. Of course, the little guy stole the show when he tried to play in the holy water!

It's hard to believe that in a little more than two months, Aunt B (and Uncle N) will be parents themselves! Pregnancy looks good on her but she's beginning to hope the next few weeks go by quickly.

A little bit of sewing has been going on. I quilted a little blanket that B had made last week. The backing is soft minky and I was worried about it being difficult, but it turned out pretty good. Once the binding is on, I'll post a better photo. We got the two quilts back from Sandi the LAQ last week. Once the bindings are on those, photos will be posted too. She does a wonderful job with the machine quilting, but every time I write that check, I see visions of the HQ16!


I finished another "jelly bag" too. Right now it's holding the knitting that needs to be finished up for a gift due soon.

This is all for today. Thanks to all of you had such nice comments about my quilt show entry. I looked at many of the other blogs and their entries and was blown away by the quality and beauty of so many of those quilts. Though mine certainly didn't measure up to many of those, it only makes me want to go get busy on the next project!

My Quilt Festival Entry

Here's my entry into the first ever Online Quilt Festival hosted by Amy over at Park City Girl!

This quilt will never win any prizes but the only requirement is that I post my favorite quilt and tell a little about it. It is hard to pick a favorite, because once I get any quilt done, I am so thrilled that I actually completed one and they always end up looking better once quilted that at the time I think that quilt is my best quilt, ever!

But this quilt is special to me. Not only because it was one of my first quilts, but because I made it for my mother shortly after she entered the nursing home. It was actually a kit made to be a baby quilt, but at the time no babies were in the near future and I loved the colors. My piecing didn't turn out too bad, but the quilting and binding definitely shout amateur. Mama was proud of her quilt and all the aids and nurses in the nursing home knew she always kept it nearby, on her bed or wheel chair. It fact it was draped on her casket during her funeral service, comforting the rest of us perhaps more than her. She's been gone for almost three years now, but I think she was pleased that I was trying to carry on some of her quilting and sewing skills. Maybe that is why she loved this quilt.

This quilt now is at this grandma's house and I'll proudly share it with each new grand baby and the story of the great-grandma that they'll never get to meet. I think she would be happy to know that it will comfort them just as it comforted her.

Edited - 4-22-2009

My entry was #416 and there are now over 500 quilting bloggers listed. I wish I had the time to visit them all. There are some AMAZING quilts on there. If you can check some of them out, it is worth the effort. They make mine look pretty sad in a way but you have to understand that this quilt probably endured hundreds of washings in the nursing home laundry!!! So the colors of these fabrics have really held up pretty well.

My thanks to all of you who've left such nice comments on my quilt. I hope I can visit your blogs too. And THANK YOU Amy for hosting this!

Janet