Hey you! Please stop in for a minute to visit...

That's Smokey the Bear waving "hello". He was my bedtime bear at grandma's house. I do so love him. Oh, and the lamp beside him? It inspired the colors of Liam's quilt!

I had my fears during the making that an alphabet quilt would be way too young for a boy of Liam's age. But, at 4 1/2 he's actually really into writing letters and creating silly strings of them for me to "read". At first he liked the idea of this quilt, but by the time I mailed it to Stitch he was saying "no", "no", "no".

Sniff. I wasn't going to make him keep it. I had "really" made it for the magazine after all

I don't know if it was the pink hand-me-down comforter he used in the interim (or the times his bed was covered only by a sheet in the hot weather), but when the box arrived from Stitch, Liam eagerly claimed it as his own. I do love how it looks on his bed! But, I'm thinking those curtains (which have since been damaged) and the pictures might be due for a change. How did we ever get by without a mama who sews?

Or maybe it was the cozy flannel backing that won him over...

Well, let me show you a few more details.

"L" is for Liam.

With some letters pinked and straight stitched,

and others satin stitched. All fabric letters also secured by Steam a Seam Lite II. Love that stuff!!! And there are a few hand-stitched felt letters in the mix as well.

The quilting is minimal (I was getting close to that deadline!), but I do love the little patterns it creates at the intersections. Do they make you want peanut butter cookies? Or, maybe that's just me.