A Zig, A Zag and Why I Quilt

I love quilts.  I love designing them.  I love creating them.  I love admiring them.  But perhaps most importantly for myself, I love to snuggle under them.

While I admire people who create art quilts and have work hanging in galleries and homes, I want the quilts I make to keep babies warm.  I want them to host picnics, and transform a child into a superhero when worn as a cape.  I want the corners of my quilts to dry tears during sad movies, and to remind faraway family of home.  I want the quilts I make to make the recipient feel my love or the love of the person that had me create it for them.

My latest finish was a gift from my sister to the new baby of one of her college roommates.

It is my sincerest hope that this quilt gets spit up on during tummy time.  I hope it cushions her back during diaper changes.  I hope it gets dragged along by a corner when she learns to walk and I hope she naps with it when she is sick, sad, or just plain tired.  I hope it always gets packed when she goes to Grandma's house, and I hope that she someday packs it away in a box as something worth keeping from her childhood. I hope this quilt is not just loved and admired but is a part of her life.

Details: I used the half square triangle method of doing a zig-zag quilt.  Amy has great directions here.  I helped my sister chose the fabrics to match the baby's nursery.