Serena of Evan Wren Quilting asked if I was going to make a quilt for our soon-to-be-here 6 year old son. My first thought was I’ll never be finished in time! But as I pondered it I realized that if I pieced the top with my machine it might be possible to finish in time depending on when we get him. I suppose if I don’t finish the hand quilting by the time he gets here he might appreciate it more because he’ll witness first hand my efforts for a gift. LOL Hard to say with a little guy though. 
So urged by Serena, I looked through a couple quilt books and thought the Union Star Quilt in Civil War Sewing Circle, The: Quilts and Sewing Accessories Inspired by the Era (That Patchwork Place) by Kathleen Tracy was perfect for a young boy. It’s not too big and if I keep to similar colors of blue and red he’ll probably like it. When I first browsed the book it was one of my favorite patterns and I had started setting aside some possible fabrics for it. After some shuffling these are what I came up with.
The last day and a half I’ve spent sewing blocks and have 4 finished and one more cut. I made a mistake on two but I’m probably not going to bother taking it apart and resewing them. I’ve already done some seam ripping to get the first 2 blocks to the right size. The 1/4 inch mark on my machine must be slightly off and made the finished blocks much smaller than should be. Most people probably wouldn’t notice the mistakes anyway especially with 8 more blocks. Would you have noticed them if I hadn’t pointed it out?
Oh gosh I’m a little late to this.
Better late than never. Thank you so much for the thoughtful link. I am very happy you’re whipping him together a quilt. It is lovely! And no I’d see no mistakes had you not pointed them out….I still don’t see them.
This is absolutely lovely and perfect. Are you excited about being a new parent?
What an odd mix of nerves. It’s hard enough being pregnant and worrying. I can’t imagine adopting and worrying, because I do imagine I’d worry because lets face it I worry.
We have considered adopting later in life, because I really believe in it.
Your son is truly blessed.
I decided not to fix the “mistakes.” They don’t bother me and he will probably never know.
So excited! The hardest thing is we’re not sure when we get to pick him up. At least with a pregnancy you can guess it’ll be about 9 months later. lol