I'd Like To Introduce You To My Eyeball, Jack

Sunday, exactly two months before Myra's fifth birthday, I finally finished her "baby" quilt ...

                             and gave it to her. 

I don't mean to imply I worked on it to the exclusion of everything else for a solid five years.  I did do a few other things during that time--like finish her aunt's quilt, make a doll quilt, play on a BFD and oh, just lots of other stuff, like eating and sleeping. 

It's a bit of a quirky quilt for a little girl who has a very unique sense of style.

I thought she needed something that reflected a bit her love of color ...

and had a bit of sparkle mixed in with the traditional.

Not everybody makes the effort to name their eyeballs Rosabell and Jack.

She marches to her own drum.

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I'd Like To Introduce You To My Eyeball, Jack

Myra's Quilt

I wish I could remember when I started Myra's quilt.  I know it was soon after she was born and I know she is now four years old.  I know it has taken me way, way too long to get to the point I am now and I know it will take way, way too long to get to the point when I can actually give it to her.

 

When Myra was little and not the big girl she is now, who does not use booster seats any more because big girls don't sit in booster seats, she and I sang Itsy Bitsy Spider.

And we played Pat-A-Cake, always marking it with an M and putting it in the oven for Myra and me

which was immediately followed by Myra sticking her feet up so we could play This Little Piggy Went To Market with her toes.

And because Myra is fearless and tumbles down alot and is rarely without a bandaid, Jack and Jill seemed appropriate.

The block that laid on the table all summer long, taunting me, wishing I would take the mere 15 minutes needed to finish it, was this, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.  Last night I granted the wish and finished it.

Now all that's left is to decide which fabric to use for the framing, the blocks in between, the borders, put it all together and quilt it. 

Just a few small details.

I pulled out some fabric I had in my stash but I think I see a trip to the fabric store in my future. If anybody has any thoughts and/or suggestions about colors/design/fabric ...  please, feel free to share them with me.

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Myra's Quilt