my first freehand quilting

What a Monday I have had! It had been an exhausting weekend for me, and I was so looking forward to a quiet day back at work. And then my daughter dropped a little hand weight (only 2 pounds!) on her big toe just right - and pulled her toenail out from the nail bed. Oh my goodness! So, instead of a nice morning of drinking coffee in a quiet, empty house, I was rushing out the door (unshowered, no bra - perfect!) with a screaming kid (barefoot and in dirty jammies - even more perfect!). After spending the morning at various doctors' offices for exams, x-rays and consults, the consensus was no broken bones, and just keep it clean and wait for the nail to fall off. If you're in the mood for gory pictures, you can see one here. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Maybe Tuesday will be quiet? I'm knocking on wood! Meanwhile, onto happier subjects... I was hoping to be able to show this whole quilted quilt today, but I'll make do with the two blocks I finished over the weekend. I did the wavy line quilting a while back (and bound it already), and have been working up the courage to try some freehand flowers. I know they're so simple, and not perfect, but I'm still proud! I broke the ice!



I marked the first one with a quilting pencil, but it was hard to use (and hard to see). For the second one, I used one of my daughter's washable markers. I've never had a problem with them washing out of her clothes, so I'm hoping it will wash out of the quilt just as well.



And here's the back of that first block. A little wobbly, but cute!

2 down, 10 to go!