Finished quilt top!

I have decided that sometimes it is more annoying to be able to sew than to not. For example, I searched the internet and local stores for a quilt, comforter, or something for Kaylin's twin bed. After weeks of searching, I decided that I'd just make a quilt for her bed myself. This project has taken for.ev.er. I'm not even sure when I started it, but it was months ago. I kept getting sidetracked by presents I needed (or wanted) to make or other projects that took only an hour or two. I have a hard time with big projects. But once I was close to finishing the top, I just had to go for it. And here it is:

The colors didn't show up too well on the picture of the full quilt top, so I tried to get a close-up shot too.

I figured out the pattern myself. I am crazy. My mother-in-law has a lap quilt that I LOVE, and since it was just squares and rectangles I decided that I could make a bigger, twin sized quilt. I got out my graph paper and got to work. I used dimensions I found online, but I think mine turned out to be nearly a full size quilt. Little did I know that my mother-in-law's pattern actually had directions for making a twin quilt. Oh well.

Next I need to make the backing. I found a sage green twin flannel sheet set for cheap so I am using that for the back. It's not quite big enough so I am going to add a strip of one of the patterned fabrics. Then I am going to machine quilt it. Then all that will be left is the binding. I really hope I can have it finished before the baby gets here!

I am also making coordinating curtains and a throw pillow. I think it's going to look so cute when it's all done!