Another baby boy quilt

The massive number of sports on TV is mostly done, and I believed I would be grateful, but on Sunday, I found myself bitterly bored.  Even hubby didn’t quite know what to do with himself.  The World Cup 20/20, however, will start soon, and I suppose our lives will get back to their new normal.

Many people have asked why we opted for another 5-bedroom house after going on pension, but we realised that if we had chosen a two-bedroom house with a small garden, we would have gone bonkers by now.  At least now we still have something to keep us busy in those quiet times.

It appears, from what I get from my quilt customers, 2026 might be a year for baby boys.  This was the second baby boy quilt I got to do, and in the first month of the year.

Elephants for a baby boy

 A quilt client brought in this little quilt made by her daughter for one of her pregnant friends, and apparently insisted on making the quilt herself.  Mom booked a space while the daughter was still in the process of making this.  The day she brought it to me, she said, she thinks this was the first and last quilt her daughter will ever make.  I am not sure whether mom interfered too much or whether the hobby just wasn’t for her. Whatever the case may be, the quilt turned out lovely.

Sampler with embroidery

This was the second quilt I received this year and the first from out of town.  Normally, quilts from out of town only get to me towards the second part of the year, so this was something new.

I almost forgot to post about this, as we have plenty of sports on South African TV, and I seem to be working on my new posture, which will include a flat butt and square eyes.  Some days I start watching the Australian Open tennis at 02:30 in the morning, this will be followed by U19 cricket, women’s cricket and then the SA20 2026 cricket.  We also had a couple of days with 7’s rugby.  If these do not follow each other and overlap, I’d be channel hopping like crazy, and last night only got to bed at 11 pm, but we had fellow cricket fans over, so the visit went on long after the cricket ended.

This quilter claims it took her almost 17 years to finish this, but I think it was worth keeping it and eventually finishing it.

Strips turned chevron quilt

We’ve entered another year; however, our old year ended devastatingly when we had to put our African grey parrot to sleep due to organ failure.  We have a huge vacuum in our house and lives, and hubby and I take turns crying when one of us suddenly remembers or sees a memory.

On to a more pleasant subject.  How clever is this quilt?  This couple made this very innovative quilt as a joint venture to be given as a wedding gift.  I love this idea; whether I’d attempt it myself is another question.  They used fleece as backing, and although I am not keen on working with fleece, it does give a quilt a soft drape.

Playing with colours in striped formation

Quilt number 102 done for this year, and as mentioned in the past when I posted on one of this quilter’s quilts, this man truly can play with colours.  I am not sure where he gets the ideas for his patterns from, but irrespective, I can’t see this quilt being made in only 3 or 4 colours.  What he did here is pure perfection and immaculate colour play.