Hmm, well here I am.

I have a friend who is currently stuck Stateside for a time. It is a frustrating time of limbo for her but has also been a great time to spend with her here. I have never made her a quilt and I'm so thankful for the time we've had. So I inquired after her favorite colors and went to work! It's awesome when you have a quilt top that will work for another project! I made this jelly roll racer mashup top from leftover fabric from another project several years ago. Her favorite color is purple and she also likes Aqua so I thought this would be great! I had left over 7 or 8 in strips that I sewed all together along with several strips of white. I did the jelly roll racer pattern and came up with this quilt top. It ended up leaving a lot of negative space of just White. I decided to be brave and do some neat free motion quilting. I made two leafy plants, using super fun variegated thread. Then I did something I have never done before...I made pebbles inside the leave