Goldfish in Bags Strip Quilt

I've been neglecting the blog, but decided that the Blogger's Quilt Festival was a good reason to get back in the swing of things (or so I say right now...). While looking back at my finished quilts from the last 6 months, I think my favorite was this quilt that I made for a friend's baby:

I love the Goldfish in Bags print from Heather Ross but I have a limited supply and wanted to get the most bang for my buck, so I chose some blue, brown, and orange coordinating prints and made a strip quilt. Not the most original idea in my arsenal, but definitely cute enough that I wanted to keep it for myself! It measured around 36x42 (perfect for a non-pieced backing!).

On a side note, I found THE COOLEST gift today for a dear girl who's graduating from high school tomorrow! It's the My Future Listography journal. The tag-line of the journal is "All I hope to do in lists." There are over 70 lists paired with witty illustrations. A couple of my favorites:

• Things you would like to be fearless at
• Other lives you'd want to lead if you had 9 lives (one of mine would be white water rafting instructor...)
• Events to time travel to in the past or future
• Appealing qualities you'd like to cultivate in yourself
• Who to find in Heaven
• Things you'd like to learn how to make with your own two hands

And because I'm clever, on the "List people you should never lose touch with" list, I'm going to go ahead and pencil in my digits! I'm hilarious! Seriously, though, I would have LOVED a gift like this when I graduated from high school. I'm a list maker and it's taking all of my willpower to not get a pen out and start filling all of these lists in! She'd better like it!

Thanks for stopping in and be sure to check out the other entries in the Bloggers Quilt Festival! It's happening through May 20th.