UFO #5: Light House Baby Quilt

 Many, many years ago I found this light house fabric at Joanns.  I fell in love.  I quickly created the quilt top.  This was before I knew the correct way to paper pieces, so I was still doing it the hard way.  This was also at a time when I was learning how to do applique (the turn under kind).  (Since then I have decided the only way to applique is raw-edge.  I like the look of it better, it always turns out perfect, and it is soooo much easier.)

The reason this quilt has never been finished is because it had a large blank area.  Originally I was going to appliqué a star there.  Remember that I was doing the turn under kind of appliqué.  Have you ever tried doing a star that way? It is near impossible.  So I gave up.  Then I had the brilliant idea to applique the baby's name there.  But I had no one to give this quilt to.  So it sat for years.

Recently our renters had a baby.  A boy.  And his mom LOVES light houses.  PERFECT!

I was so excited and the best part, I love the name.  It was the name I had wanted to name my little boy only my husband claimed at the time that "It wasn't a real name."  Funny because we named our son Tayo. (Don't tell my husband, but it's not a real name. :0)  Now when I told him our renters named their baby Even, my husband said, "That's a cute name."  (Where was that comment 2 years ago?)

Anyway, I am excited to be able to cross off another UFO.

 My favorite part of this quilt though is the quilted clouds.  Don't you love them.  I think it really added a great finishing touch.

 Stats:
40" x 50"
Started: 2009
 Finished: October 2013
Machine quilted by me.
For: Even and Mary Beth his mom (our renters)