A New Boy Quilt.

I have to make another boy quilt. Actually, this is one of those moments where I should say, I get to make another boy quilt, especially since the recipient is very near and dear to my heart, and I haven't even met him. Friends, I found out I was pregnant late last fall, and yesterday, I found out the little bean is a boy bean, who we'll be calling Fava Bean until we have a proper name for him. I tried to think up a witty and charming way to tell you this, but preggo brain has fully set in, and I'm functioning on joy and elation and very little sleep. (And I can't even have coffee to deal with it, nor do I want it because of heartburn.) 

This baby *has* to have an amazing quilt. I had just started quilting when I was pregnant with my second son, and I didn't feel like I had the skill set, the inspiration, and the right idea to make him a baby quilt. That sounds crazy, I know, but I knew that a super awesome amazing baby quilt was in the works for him, so it's not like he was quiltless. But this baby? There is no excuse not to make him a quilt. How many baby quilts have I made? Sixteen! Including one of my all time favorite quilts, my niece's quilt. My own new kidlet deserves some of my work.

But now, what to make him? (No, really. What do I make him????) Above truck fabric is merely a prop; it's being used for my older two kidlets. I considered using one of my all time favorite fabrics, my dancing monkeys fabric, with a bunch of yummy solids using this tutorial. But I dunno. I can't decide how I'd connect the blocks, and do I really love that idea a whole bunch? Or am I just making it work?

Then, I saw THIS QUILT at {no} hats in the house, and since I'm seriously smitten with it, I'm considering making something like it. Except, not white, because while I LOVE how fierce the white looks on Sarah's version, white and my children are not friends. (True story: my youngest had peanut butter on his hands the other day, and he used my husband's not yet bound quilt to wipe them off. The poor man hasn't even gotten to use his quilt yet because I'm slacking on getting it done, and the quilt has already been inaugurated with PB smears.)

Life has gotten interesting these past few months, but I'm excited about it. It feels very very full! There has been lots of organization in trying to make our house ready for another kid, and I've been trying to simplify and reduce, as well as get done a ton of outstanding projects because who knows what will happen come late summer! Thanks for letting me share this with you! And if you have any amazing boy quilt ideas or good fabric lines, let me know. I'm really not set on anything just yet.