Over the weekend there was a baby shower for my daughter in law, Anne.I spent the last month working hard on sewing for her. She asked for a coconut cake with rasberry filling in between the layers. She also asked for a peoni on top, which I tried to do, but wasn't satisfied with the way it looked, so I just bought flowers from Joann fabrics and worked with that. I used Publix's rasberry donut filling. You have to ask for it from the deli. It does not have seeds in it and it is delicious. I covered the cake with pink vanilla buttercream. I added pearl like candies all around the cake.
Anne wanted a hospital gown/bathrobe, so that 's where it all started. Then I made a baby gown for the baby with matching headband and pacifier clip.
Then we moved on to the quilt. Her nursery colors are pink, white, grey and gold. I made a quilt with elephants appliqued on it. This was my first time joining applique with quilting and also trying my hand at free motion quilting. Not as easy as it looks.
Then I was inspired by the baby's name Marie Elizabeth. I began to search the family histories on all four sides and found 17 maries or elizabeths backing up to 1900. That's a lot of names. I struggled with how to make a family tree, because I didn't want to put all the husbands names in there...just the maries and elizabeths. I fell upon this drawing and thought this would make a great wall hanging.
