Hairbows and Quilt Squares

We got our first quilt squares for Jilliana and they were from readers of my blog!  Thank you so much for being a part of Jilliana's quilt.  The quilts have been so special to my girls and I really appreciate it. These first two are from Joanne and Sasha in New York  Sasha is 5 just like Emma and Meilynn.  Thank you so much for the wishes that will surround Jilliana!

This beautiful print is from Kathy of my Panda Yahoo Group.  This is the group that waited along with me for Emma.  So many of them were a part of Emma's quilt.  Kathy was so thoughtful to want to be a part of Jilliana's also!  Thank you Kathy!

If anyone else would like to be a part,  it would really mean a lot to me and I know Jilliana.  Just e-mail me and I will send you the address.  Don't forget to give me your e-mail so that I can e-mail it to you.

Here is Jilliana's bed.  It is so funny.  Not long ago I almost got rid of this bed.  It was a bed that I had ordered for our first daughter Kami.  I never got rid of it because I loved it so much.  And then one day we were cleaning out our shed and Mike said that it was time to do something with it.  I had many suggestions and one I really liked was one of my readers thought it would look great in a garden.  Little did I know that we would be putting a new daughter in it.  So the bunny bed will be put to use after all.

 Here is the room that Emma and Jilliana will share.

 Those of you who know me know that I am not crafty.  I want to be, but I just don't have the patience to do it right.  So with four little girls the price of bows for their hair is getting quite expensive.  And I thought how hard must it be to make a bow.  I bought some ribbon and tried it.  As you can see the results were not quite what I was looking for.

 Then I googled it on the internet and found a lady who gave some pretty easy step by step directions.  This is one of my first attempts.  The loops are not quite the same size but at least you cannot see any big knots like in the first one.

 Here are the next three attempts.  I like the last one the best of these.  I still had trouble getting the loops the same size in the middle one.  I just get impatient and don't take my time.

I really like this one!  Maybe if I channel some of the frustration about waiting for the LOA in this direction something positive will come of it.  We are on day 35 of the LOA wait.