Baby Garden Quilt

You'll have to click on the pictures to see the beautiful detail of this gorgeous and thoughtful quilt we received from my pal Amy. A month ago we had a small Blessingway for this baby. Amy brought her guitar and sang this great song that combined growing your own food with growing a baby. Everyone in the room was sobbing by the end! Two weeks ago, Amy brought by this quilt that she'd been working on. It has lovely swatches of different green and brown strips that look just like garden plots. Around the quilt are the embroidered lyrics to the song, and in one corner, a gorgeous, silky red rose. I love and appreciate all the work and love that went into this quilt. It's also a good reminder for me to remember that even though I put by a lot less food this year, I put a lot of energy into growing our baby. :) --Baby, I can't wait to meet you and to show you our gardens.

Lyrics:
pulling weeds and picking stones
we are made of dreams and bones
feel the need to grow my own
for the time is near at hand
grain by grain
sun and rain
find my way in natures chain
tune my body and my brain
to the music of the land