Hourglass Crib Quilt Complete -- Female Zucchini Blossoms!!!

 The hourglass crib quilt it complete.  It measures 40" x 45".

The fabrics in the hourglass pieces were left over from another project.  I didn't want to waste the pieces left over that were from a bundle gifted to me.  I went out of my comfort zone to use them in a baby quilt.  I don't think the colors are soft enough for a quilt for a baby.  I'm sure someone will like it.  It will most likely end up on the charity quilt pile.

I backed it with this weird fabric that I don't think I would use anywhere else but had enough of it.  The binding was three different left-over binding fabric sewn together.

It doesn't lay completely flat.  I wasn't a big fan of the quilt flimsy.  I used a piece of fleece as the batting to use it up.  There are bright green frog faces on a blue background inside this quilt that I figured I wouldn't use anywhere else.  I made our son a sleep sack out of the fleece years ago.  This was the scraps.  It will be nice and warm but not heavy.

I learned today that there are male and female blossoms on a zucchini plant (and many other plants!). The female blossoms are where the zucchini are.  There are four little zucchini on this plant (and many more blossoms forming).  Of course they are on the side of where they could grow too big and make the plant uproot and fall to its death...  Don't worry.  I'll keep a close eye on them and pick them as soon as they are usable.

I'm fascinated how fast zucchini plants grow.  This was two weeks ago:

This was yesterday:

8 finishes this (Spring) quarter

Here's my Spring 2026 Ravelry UFO Club Projects:

1.  Bit Con quilt -- Needs more rows of strips sewn together -- size yet to be determined

2.  Rail Fence 3.5" RSC block -- 900 blocks needed/need arranged

3.  Piccadilly Circle -- Need a few more circle blocks

4.  Kite Girl --finished 5.28.26 -- 6th finish

5.  Folk Art Birds -- Need more birds and alternate blocks

6.  Hourglass Mini -- Changed mind to crib size -- finished 6.25.26, 8th finish

7.  Maroon Sampler -- Needs two more blocks

8.  Dicey -- Blocks need sewn together with sashing and cornerstones

9.  Fireflies Wall Hanging -- Blocks need appliqued

10.  Red/White basket crib quilt --finished 5.15.26 -- 5th finish

11.  D9P Red/White -- finished 5.11.26 -- 4th finish

12.  HST -- Needs more blocks made and sewn into rows

13.  Red/White House in Center baby quilt -- finished 5.2.26 -- 2nd finish

14.  Fish -- a 12-block RSC26 project

15. Scarborough Fair -- Needs more blocks made

16.  Random Blue Blocks -- Hand Quilting -- In the hoop

17.  Acorn Harvest -- Quilt top needs assembled

18.  Horsen Around Crib Quilt (Dinner Party pattern)-- finished 6.17.26 -- 7th finish

19.  Horsen Around Scrap Quilt -- needs blocks cut and sewn

20.  Pink Houses crib quilt -- Needs blocks made

21.  Lupine and Laughter (Bonnie Hunter 2025 mystery quilt) -- in the piecing process

22.  Christmas Memories 4-patches sewn, need more

23.  Dinner Party (school print blocks) blocks cut, needs blocks sewn

24.   Layer Cake Lattice -- pink blocks cut -- needs blocks sewn

25.  True Blue Sew Along (started 1/15/26) -- needs corners sewn to blocks

26.  Zip It Sew Along -- finished 5.1.26, 1st finish this quarter

27.  Classic Meets Modern QA from 2014 -- block complete, need sashing

28.  King Rosebud embroidery quilt --finished 5.5.26, 3rd finish this quarter

29.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #1 (pinwheels)

30.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #2 (squares)

31.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #2 (HST and a Square)

32.  Cheddar Jack crib quilt -- cat blocks are sewn, some 2.5" squares are sewn

You can find the 2026 Spring Ravelry UFO club here.