![Space Baby Quilt](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3759/8781905787_618fbd18b1.jpg)
Despite being a "Quilter", I find the part of the process that intimidates me the most is the...quilting. Especially on things that I just adore the piecing on. As my piecing gets better, the intimidation ratchets up. So, I had gotten stuck with this quilt. Loving it too much to "ruin" it. Unsure if my planned quilting would work. Fretting.
And I had excuses. I was sick. And then we were busy. And the baby was already born, so since I'd missed that deadline, what could a little longer hurt?
Thankfully, my friend who helped us paint, also provided a healthy does of inspiration and staying on task. We had planned a craft day and by the end of it? I had quilted the quilt! And it had turned out better than I had hoped and WAY better than I had feared. And the back looked great! And I had had no reason to fret at all. True friendship in action folks, believing in you even when you doubt.
The image up top shows the quilted and trimmed top. I know it's hard to see the quilting on, so here is a shot of my layout (marked with yarn borrowed from aforementioned friend).
![Space Baby Quilt](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5350/8788488230_cb96c17a98.jpg)
It traces the orbital paths of the planets (stopping and starting for each planet...I have some thread burying to do...) I added a few more orbits after this photo was taken to keep the quilting less than 6" apart. In the sun, I continued the orbits that intersected it but made them wavy to follow the curves in the sun.
Here's the quilted and trimmed back.
![Space Baby Quilt](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/8781905437_cdb449790b.jpg)
My goal is to get the binding on this weekend and then have a mini photo shoot before shipping it off to the proud new parents. ^_^
That is truly lovely :)
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