Izzy's Sparkling Gemstone Quilt

 Someone just turned two!!!  

What am I to do?

Make a Princess sized quilt, of course! 

Searching high and low

fabric with just the right pizazz

pile of inspiration

 Finally found some Izzy-like fabric 

 and I mulled over a pattern

there are so many wonderful ones out there

Through the Blogger's Quilt Festival

and the wonderful ladies there

like Kelli's and Miss Nance

I found a pattern that caught my eye

The Sparkling Gemstone!

strips become blocks
and blocks became a quilt
colorful mosaic pathway

Keeping the quilt a secret was hard,
but getting Izzy's hand and footprints
was messy and fun
"Yucky mess" she says.

Thanks to the Quilt Lady
who took on the quilting
I was able to finish
hand sewing the binding
(as QL predicted)
on the way to the party...
*Can you hear the White Rabbit now?
"I'm late, I'm late for a very important date!"

Hidden word in the quilt describe The Princess
"Izzy, Sassy, blessed, Princess, Spunky"

Center flower

From the backside things are more clear

A toddler sized quilt

Lovely Sleeping Princess
taken by her sweet momma

The colors in the pictures are not that great, but it's winter and slightly blah outside. It was below freezing when I took these pictures!  Have you ever done something in secret for someone else or finished a project on the way to when you needed to turn it in?  Please tell me I'm not alone on this one!