Baby quilt

Well, since last week was a free week, I tried to catch up on some projects I had. 

This baby quilt was for my husbands cousin new granddaughter! Awe!

I was given total freedom :-/ that can be great, but also very stressful! I decided to do a simple, more modern, design. I knew I wanted gray in the quilt & found myself digging through my fabric stash... I love the yellow, black, gray & white colors!

I created a rectangle of small, assorted squares & off centered it on a solid gray..

Then added a black boarder all around it. Top almost complete! 

Next was the personalization... I decided to do a monogram because this quilt will be used & I don't like a child's name all over stuff, for personal (I don't want some stranger calling my son by his name) & safety reasons. 

I bought a font online & hooked up my external floppy (haha!) so I could transfer the letters to my sewing machine (I have the Brother Pacesetter ULT 2002D)...

After, what seemed like forever, but was  about 4 hours :( I figured out how I wanted the lettering & got my sewing machine to read the floppies... (I wanted to yank my hair out after formatting the disks 5 times)! I did learn, my machine does not like quick formatted floppies... I had to do a full format, then transfer the files :) 

So, I ran a practice...

And found out my machine was too close to the wall & messed up my design. See the black single thread lines??...!

But that's why a test should be ran! Plus, you can play with your tension if needed. 

Well, I did the actual monogram embroidery this morning (and broke a needle) - some things you can not plan for - I am very happy with the look!

I am working on the quilting & am going to just stitch in the ditch (never done before). I think I need to keep the quilting minimal and let the fabric do all the "talking". 

Hopefully, I can finish the quilting tomorrow & share it with you. 

Good night :)