The Lilli Diary

Hello and happy Monday!
I am sorry if this post bores you since it's not directly about our fave lil' toddler but I simply must post it anyway. One of my best childhood friends is having a baby boy next month and her shower was on Saturday. This excites me mainly because she is my only friend that lives close by that is going to have a baby (playdates here we come!). I love to poke through crafty people's blogs and find the SIMPLEST project to attempt myself. I came across just the perfect project for Michelle's shower on a blog called greenappleorchard. It's a baby rag quilt! The full tutorial can be found here and believe me, it's simple. Here are some shots I took to remind me what I did:
 I cut my 3 kinds of fabric into 8x8 squares using a rotary cutter on my kitchen floor :)

I was starting to make some progress on this laborious step when in walked my little helper.

She got right to work by pulling everything out of the cupboard for me.

This is exactly what it looks like: an ENTIRE bag of Cheerios on the floor.

She sat there and munched on them for about 20 min. Hey, at least she was occupied :)

My 3 piles of 8x8 squares and my batting cut to 6x6

This is the step where I sewed the batting in between the fabric squares.

Next, I sewed the quilted squares together with a 1" seam allowance showing on one side.

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After snipping all the 1" seams, I washed and dried the quilt to create this rag look. There are supposed to be 8 rows of 6 but I botched it up and ended up with 7 rows of 6 (of course).

The front is the side with the ragging and the back side has hidden seams

All wrapped and ready for the shower!

I made a ton of mistakes but it was still such a fun project! What I love about the rag quilt is the more it gets washed the better it looks and feels. I have already been back to JoAnn's and painstakingly picked out the materials for 2 more! I won't mention the other handmade quilt at the baby shower that was perfect and gorgeous. So there. Just thought I would share this easy project and the link to the tutorial for anyone feeling crafty out there.