my first quilt! for noley

since the sex of baby nolen is unknown, i couldn't knit up a cute little dress for this baby... and to be honest, i don't think any of the dresses i've knit have actually been worn too much. so i decided to make something that might be more practical - a beach blanket. since it was my first quilt, i didn't want to do anything too fancy, so just did a block pattern and sewed it up similar to how i did my duvet cover. i also wasn't sure i was ready for the task of binding it, so i decided to "birth" the quilt which is a technique of sewing the layers together and turning it inside out, then sewing the hole. this project ended up being much more difficult than i thought. i had difficulty with puckering on the back and could not for the life of me get the tension right. so it's not perfect. which i think is perfect since it's not too perfect to not be used!