Another baby quilt finish

This is the final baby quilt finish for the summer, and the first for September.  It might also be the fastest quilt I've made, five days from start to finish late on Labor Day. Photographed in the early morning sunshine yesterday.  It will soon be making its way to a neighboring state with the happy grandparents, and we are so delighted for them as they thought they would likely never have grandchildren - this baby is a tiny miracle!

This quilt is very similar to an earlier make this summer, except this time it's for a baby girl.  

The loft of the 80/20 batting and the Jester's Hat free motion quilting makes those cute quirky animal faces hard to discern, especially the bunny in the top center block.  He may show up a little better in subsequent photos.  

The back is totally feminine!

While outside I couldn't resist a couple photos of these glorious zinnias in the early morning light, quite possibly the best we've ever grown.

I love the deep shades, coordinating so perfectly with my "Almost Amish" mini from Lori's quiltalong of a few years ago.

Now that all the obligatory quilts are done and dusted, I'm looking forward to getting back to quilting and hopefully finishing another oldie, my historic panel challenge quilt.

We had an early light frost a couple nights ago, thankfully the tarps covering all the tomato plants saved them.  Our large romas are nearly ripe, so salsa canning will be underway this weekend.

Til next time, hoping you are enjoying these beautiful early fall days.