Finn's Wall Hangings

We are working away in preparation for Finn's arrival!  Our list is slowly getting smaller.  Since Finn is taking over Lilly's room we decided to have the kids do some sharing.  For the wall hangings, we took apart Lilly's initial wall hangings (Lilly Elizabeth) so we could still use the white boards we had weathered.  

 We cut three pieces of burlap into a squares.  

 We doubled stitched the back of the burlap to give the edges a nice finish.

 Mitch drilled holes into the corners of the board and punched holes into the corners of the burlap.

 

Next, we put all the pieces together.  We are using heavy washers and bolts to secure the burlap to the boards.  Think that's manly enough for Finn??

 Mitch used wire to attach the new letters for Finn's initials.  

Here they are all finished and ready for Finnegan Thomas Longtin's arrival!

The 24 Hour...or 4 Month Baby Quilt!

So I fell in love with this quilt idea several months before we were even pregnant.  So when we got pregnant and found out it was boy I got started on this "24 hour quilt."  I started it in April.  I just finished it yesterday, July 9.  Yeah... leave it to me to take a simple project and make it very difficult.  I kinda took pictures along the way.  I'm very happy with how it turned out!  

This part I could handle.  Cutting the gray and teal fabric to be the same size.  

I didn't take pictures (probably because I was too frustrated) of the most challenging part for me which was cutting and sewing the white "patches" on each side of the quilt.  The corners kept gathering.  I finally went to my amazing mom and had her help me fix it!  This is the point were I just wanted to hand it off to her and say please finish it but I continued forward...

Here's my little helper.  He isn't supposed to touch the fabric or the crib.  Parenting is going so well for us!

Next, I lined up the fabric and two layers of batting.  To keep them lined up while sewing I had to loosely hand stitch the layers together.  

 Next, we spent several evenings sewing back and forth across the quilt.  

Then I trimmed the edges off the sides of the quilt.  I cut and sewed the edging together and attached it the gray side of the quilt.  Lastly I hand stitched the other side of the edge to the teal side.  

After all this work I am very happy with it.  Hopefully Finn appreciates it someday soon!