Even More Color

As I mentioned earlier, I'm working on making Baby's room a little less "bleh" by slowly adding more color. And even though this isn't a permanent fixture for just the Baby's room, I  think this quilt from Aunt June gives us a running start at some bright, beautiful fun in there.

June gave Aaron and me this quilt for Christmas and there's a fun story behind it. Believe it or not ... apparently I made the blocks circa 2002-ish, but gifted them to my cousin Meghan because they were "too bright" for the sweet dorm quilt I was making for my extra long twin bed at the time. Well, yesterday's giveaways are today's treasures because now I love them and they will be perfect for an everyday play quilt with Baby! 

It's fun to have a combination of blocks I actually made arranged and quilted by Baby's great aunt who knows far more about the actual hard part of quilting than I do. That of course goes for all my aunts and mom who are domestic geniuses!

June says she hemmed and hawed over what to do with the blocks until she eventually decided to make the quilt "on point" and add in other bright solids to complement them. We absolutely love how it came together and that it's a great size for all kinds of activities down the road with Bergill. 

And even though June told me this "isn't a baby quilt," (and I agree because we're already using it for just lounging around), I still think I'm overall most excited to enjoy this with Baby and be able to set it out on the floor for some play time, wrap up in it to keep us warm, or maybe even use it outside, though at this point I like it too much to be ready for getting it dirty. Perhaps a few rounds of spit-up on it and its sanctity will be a bit less intact. :)

So thank you, June, for turning something familiar from the past into a new treasure for us to enjoy with Baby!