Quilt in a day

actually I think it took 4 hours to make. split between a nap and bed time.

A coworker of Dave's wife had a baby about 7 weeks early 3 weeks ago. They have been traveling back and forth to the hospital every day. I dont think they have a huge support system here as their parents are out of state like ours.

So I decided I would bring them a meal and arranged to bring it this Sunday. Well Saturday I realized I didnt have a quilt ready for them.

I had a top done and ready to be quilted but I didnt have batting to fit it. I could have pieced together batting but Im not sure what all the heights I have hanging around.

I did have one piece that would fit this panel

The panel had a bit of room on the sides so I added a border to it. There wasnt that much measuring going on- just enough so I had even sides etc. I was going by the width of the batting. I didnt have very much wasted at the end either!

With so much pinks in it I needed to have a boy border.

I made the top and bottom border smaller because I didnt want it to be so long. 

 Isn't this a cute panel? Its animal ABCs

 I used a lot of pins to hold this together for quilting. I didnt want to waste time basting with thread like I usually do.
It was very prickly quilting this one.

 I had all these pins it and could have used more but thats all I had available.

 My hubby holding up the finished product.

 Great model
The back is IKEA fabric again, perfect for a little boy.

 And this is what it looked liked after a wash.

 signed and delivered today with spaghetti dinner for them before they head off to the hospital again.