This is the quilt that single-handedly stalled my "quilting-life" per say. ;)
(along with a now almost 2 year old, but then newborn baby!)
...I started piecing the blocks for this quilt before Noah was born. It's modeled after one of my favorite quilts - the sunshine squares quilt that I made to coordinate with Noah's nursery.
I made it for one of my closest friends - her little girl was born about 4 months after Noah was - and she loved Noah's sunshine squares, and wanted something similar - and had decorated her baby's nursery with a pink & green & aqua color scheme + cutie PBK birdie bedding --> and thus "Birds & Bikes" was born.
...The backing is just pieced chunks of fabric - including the pink Heather Ross bikes that I adore (long ago out of print!).
I'm not exactly sure what happened, but it somehow took me a year and a half to complete. ha. And so I dropped it off at her house - a little bit late(!) - last month.
Hoping she still enjoys it and it can "stretch" it's lifespan into a toddler quilt of some kind.
;)
this is absolutely stunning, susan - you are AMAZING.
Posted by: melanie | May 14, 2012 at 09:32 AM
LOVE this quilt Susan, very colorful and fun, very you! love the photo in your previous post of you and the boys, they are so cute and you look adorable in your dress and cool shoes, hip mama!!
Posted by: laurie lariviere | May 14, 2012 at 09:47 AM
Oooh it's so beautiful, I'm sure she'll love it! So so so so so cute! Thanx for sharing and giving me more ideas for quilts. :)
Natalie
www.projectdowhatyoulove.wordpress.com
Posted by: Natalie | May 14, 2012 at 04:09 PM
gorgeous, as always Susan!!! I love the squares inside the squares and you choice of fabrics is impeccable as always :)
Posted by: Becky Trump | May 16, 2012 at 08:09 AM
SUSAN!! I'm just now seeing this but it. is. gorgeous!! Oh, the colors....happy sigh. Man, I wish we lived closer....I need quilting lessons from you! Haha.
xoxo!
Posted by: Dawn McVey (dawnsing) | May 16, 2012 at 09:19 PM
ahhh. someday maybe i can make quilts as cool as yours! this is LOVELY!
xo.
Posted by: sarah | May 16, 2012 at 11:23 PM
I'd wait a year for this beauty, no question! Wonderful job! I have 2 weeks to complete my first quilt before baby arrives... Lordy let this be a bit more speedy, lol.
Gorgeous work!
Posted by: Sarah Martina | May 17, 2012 at 02:07 PM
Oh, this is gorgeous!! And I LOVE those bikes! So cute!!!
Posted by: reyanna | May 17, 2012 at 11:31 PM
@sarah - thank you! and good luck on getting your quilt finished... :)
Posted by: Susan Weinroth | May 18, 2012 at 08:44 AM
@sarah b - the quilt you just made was AMAZING. :)
Posted by: Susan Weinroth | May 18, 2012 at 08:44 AM
MOst beautiful quilt!!!!! Awesome talent!!! LOve it!!
Posted by: Katie Tartt | May 20, 2012 at 07:51 AM