First Post

This is the first post on my new blog server and with the new format. In a week or two, all my archives from the old site will move on over here and this will no longer be the first post, which will probably be confusing. Heck, I'm kind of confused about it myself.

I really don't want to lose all of the nice and friendly people who read my blog, so please make sure you change any bookmarks or blog subscriptions you may have. I'd really appreciate it.


I want to test out how pictures look in the new blog format, so I uploaded this picture of a quilt I made for my son before he was born. The animals are all appliqued by hand. Some of them I copied from animals on Carter's baby clothing, some I modified from Carter's, and some I made up myself. All the animal blocks have hand embroidery to some extent. I love this quilt to itty bitty pieces and had so much fun making it. I'm a little bit ashamed to admit that it is hanging on my son's wall and has never actually been used, since I'm such a big advocate for using quilts for their intended purpose instead of just displaying them. I make myself feel better by reminding myself that babies shouldn't have blankets or quilts in their crib with them until they are at least one year old anyway. Then I'll take the quilt off the wall. Maybe ;).