Megan's star NICU quilt

I pushed on with my NICU baby quilt yesterday and got it all finished up. The block is called 'Megan's Star' from the book Modern Blocks-99 Quilt Blocks from your favorite designers.

I fiddled around and did some echo quilting.

I found myself laughing at my posture when I noticed I was all kind of slumped down, nose in by the needle as I tried to keep an eye on where I was heading. Obviously my careful reading of Free Motion Machine Quilting with its great section on posture has not had the desired effect. Yet. (I am the eternal optimist).

January NICU quilt (in February)

My New Year's resolutions often unfold over the course of the year...
I decided a little while ago (last week to be precise) that I would try and make a NICU quilt each month this year, so here is my January quilt just slightly behind schedule. This is a version of Rita's 'Jacob's Ladder' (Red Pepper Quilts) - I just looked at the picture and away I went. I'm not sure what size her blocks are but my blocks look quite a bit bigger (they are 4inch). The finished size is 20x24inches - such a joyously quick project!