bee blocks, a finished quilt top, and quiltcon

For our DGS Wish circle this month, Lynn asked us to make green and blue blocks with a gray background.

These were fun and fast to put together.  I didn't realize until I was done that everyone else was using the same color of gray for the entire background so I hope Lynn doesn't mind that I raided my scraps and came up with lots of different grays!

I spent the last couple days putting together a quilt top for a friend's newborn who is in the hospital for the next few weeks.  I was helping my friend learn to make her first quilt when they moved to Boston last year, so I wanted to do something when I heard the story.

I finished up the quilt top last night and then basted it today during nap time.  I think that Adrianne and I must be on the same page because I added 16 patch to my quilts-I-want-to-make list after finish my the scrappy trip along.  I am thinking about trying orange peel quilting on this one.  Would that be ok for a baby boy quilt?

My friend and fellow Wish-circle member Alyssa was kind enough to take a photo of my Posy quilt at Quiltcon.  I wish I could have been there to see it in person, thanks Alyssa!