A "Little House on the Prairie" Baby Quilt!

Grandbaby number 4 has 

a "due date" 5 weeks from now!

And at our place these days, 

It is all about celebrating 

Little House on the Prairie's

50th anniversary!

I found these great panels on Etsy

 and decided they were perfect 

for quilt centers and my Apron!

I added this wonderful 

bluebonnet background fabric 

to make it all like truly applique!

Whilst I absolutely loved the outcome---Alas,

I realized after all that work,

 it would not go with the 9 patch blocks I created.

So I set it aside for the next project,

and started over...

Alas, I got so in to the process,

No pics of my progress.

Now I had a complimentary set

 of blocks and was ready to create my topper...

With tone on tone 

Little House fabrics,

 I used in-the-hoop 

embroidery quilting to 

create heart design blocks...

I surrounded my prairie 

girl in a true 

"Little House on the Prairie" print.

Next, I surrounded it 

with the nine patches 

and "heart" blocks.

close-up:

I trimmed outer border to 4 inch, 

created a quilt binding... 

and began to sew in place.

Binding sewn to front of quilt...

ironed taught and 

clipped in place to the back 

of the quilt to stitch in place.

and here she is... 

ready for grand baby number four

 due this April!