Thanks to everyone for all of Bella's birthday good wishes! After weeks of being being pretty pissed about how my family and the in-laws were dealing with Bella's birthday it actually turned out to be a really good day.
We just had close family and a close friend (who has been travelling since I was 4 months pregnant so this was the first time he'd met Bella) plus lots of food and pink champagne! Bella got lots of presents and really enjoyed herself.
I managed to get Bella's quilt finished enough to be able to wrap it up (it still needs the binding finishing) and I'm very proud to say that she really did throw herself on it when she saw it. I didn't expect any kind of reaction, so I was really pleased that she liked it. It's a shame she hasn't been able to sleep under it yet though.
I have to admit that I'm really very happy with how the quilt's turned out. And I'm really glad that I didn't add sashing, I think it would have spoilt it.
And I am really, really in love with the back of it! I used a piece of Paul Smith (!) fabric that I've been saving for a while now. It's one of those pieces that absolutely nothing has been good enough to cut it up for. I started off with a different backing but it just wasn't special enough, I wanted the back to be as striking as the front. I think I succeeded!
I so want to make a full size quilt exactly like this one for our own bed!
I also managed to make a good few meters of bunting and used the templates in this months MSL to make a birthday banner. As well as having red and cream balloons and hanging up the first outfits Bella ever wore.
So all in all it was a success. Thank god.
