all because of a beautiful 3 year old.

so you are looking at the very first quilt top i EVER made.

i know...interesting huh???

well first off...my camera sucks.

and yes...that's the best way to put it.

:D

so what's the big deal about this quilt top???

well i JUST now...TODAY...quilted it.

yes...you DID read that right!!!

TODAY!!!

so here's what happened...

i started this quilt way back when melanie wasn't even a gleam in our eye.

{she's 3 now.}

well it's been pinned and ready to go for a few years now.

why for a few years???

because i learned alot about quilting since then...and to me...this quilt top sucked!!!

that's the god's to honest truth.

so it's been sitting in my stash...waiting.

i added it to my 'quilting resolutions list' thinking it might help me get it done.

finally today i got fed up with it taking up space!!!

i was hell bent that it was getting finished.

at this point i was ready to just finish it and take it to goodwill.

{yes i hated it that much!!!}

well i started working on it...

then melanie came up to me and said, "mommy it looks like my blankie."

{some insight: i made her a simple block quilt with the leftover big squares.}

and i said, "it sure does baby!"

so then like the whole afternoon she would walk up to me and say...

"mommy i really like this quilt."

i know...rips your heart out doesn't it!!!

at this point i start thinking about what was going on in our life when i made this top.

just me, shane & jackson...living on the beach.

this was before i even owned a rotary cutter!!!

{that's right...i cut this bad boy out entirely by scissors.}

it's quilted now.

still needs binding.

but there it is.

and here's my conclusion...

i HAVE to keep it.

it's SO not flawless.

but it SO reminds me of our life.

{the griffith's...before we were the 5 of us.}

i mean how could i get rid of it???

especially after my 3 year old ooh'd & aah'd over it all afternoon!!!

so here it is.

my first quilt top...with plenty of character.

but it's ours.

:D

p.s. and seriously...sorry about the lame-o pics.