Second Saturday quilt finished

The material for Son's quilt came yesterday. I decided I needed to get the show on the road and get them both finished.

Daughter's has been sitting in a shelf for over a week with nothing left to do but the binding. So I finally just did it. I should have worked slower. It really does look like a mess close up. One of the corners looks amazing. The others? Not really so much. And when I was basting it, I made the mistake of letting the back slip a little in a couple of places, making the back look a little off. It's won't win any prizes. Not even a beginner prize in an 8 year old division, but I'm proud of it and I know Daughter will love it. She's definitely enjoyed popping in at various points of the process to "help."

I used Ivy as the border color. If you look closely there are four Ivy squares in the quilt. I thought it would compliment the green polka dots.

I also finished Son's front last night. It worked up A LOT faster than the first one did! (It only took about an hour and a half to get all the squares together and the border on! and that is progress) I should have measured Daughter's border before I cut Son's because I wanted them the same width and I thought they were the same width, but as soon as I got the first piece sewn on I realized it felt a lot smaller. Not a mistake per say, but I should have listened to Handy Manny and measured twice and cut once.
Daughter's quilt is now in the dryer and hopefully in the next two or three days I can get Son's basted, quilted and bound. I definitely learned a lot from making Daughter's. Son's WILL look better. I'm excited to get it finished.

I'm planning on waiting until his is finished and give them both their quilts together.