by Alisa In January, I found out that a friend was about to have a baby boy. I had to make her something to celebrate! I wanted it to be baby boy-ish and modern. I loved the idea of hugs and kisses for a baby so I chose to do a variation on the X's and O's block from Missouri Star. I picked the Delfina line from Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts for Andover Fabric . I used the Single Scoops charm pack for the body and Confetti Blue Moon yardage for the binding and backing. I also ordered a yard of the Lady Bug Ivory yardage for a border, but ended up keeping the quilt borderless. I made the blocks following the tutorial from Missouri Star. I pulled out the blue and beige colors from 2 charm packs (leaving the medium tan patterns behind) and made the blocks by 'snowballing' the light patterns on each side of the blues. I used my new Diagonal Seam Tape by Cluck Cluck Sew to guide my seam. I played around with a couple of layout options ...
Paradox: Even though we're going in different directions we can still walk side by side.