Ahhh!

I really need to figure out how to make my header a lot smaller.  It is driving me crazy, but I just don't know what else to try.
ANYWAYS....
I am determined to continue and keep up on my blogging, I have so many projects that I have either been working on, or plan on working on that I just can't wait to share them with who ever reads this lovely blog!
So, without much further ado (or however that is spelled)  this is the project that I have been working on for a l...o...n....g....... time.
I started over a year ago.  I had this idea (okay okay, it's not really completely my idea. I saw a quilt in Mervyns that I loved, and thought "I could do that," it would be perfect for my boys' room!!!).  After seeing the quilt I looked at it several more times, and even drew my own pictureto remind me exactly what it was that I wanted to do.  I wish I didn't throw the picture away, I would have taken a picture to show you the beginning thought process.
With this idea in mind, I kept my eye out for the "perfect" fabric.  I knew that it had to be striped, and multi-colored.  It wasn't until my cousin pointed out how the Riley Blake All Star fabric is the perfect boy fabric, and that you could buy it on etsy.com that my wheels started turning.  It was indeed the perfect boy fabric, and the perfect fabric that I had been looking for:

Love the colors, the stripes and everything!  The first thing I bought was the backing of the quilts, because I knew that it would be the most expensive part, and because I thought I was just going to do solid colors on the front.  Well, if you are like me, that all changes as soon as you start thinking about what else you could do with the fabric (and I just loved the stars... there is something about stars!)
This is what I ended up buying for the rest of the quilts:

So my original plan was to just do solid colored squares on the front of the quilt, but I loved the other stars so much, that I had to accent with them as well. 
So, I started really making these when I was pregnant with my 5th son.  After the initial morning sickness stuff wears off, I get all crafty.  I loved to quilt, but I think it is amplified when I am pregnant.  This was one of many projects that I had going on when I was pregnant.  (I can't wait to show off what else I did!!)  I was determined to get this done by Christmas for my then youngest.  I sewed and quilted my little heart out, and Christmas Eve I finished the quilting part (thanks to many friends).  Thank heavens my little "Yoda" was only 2 and wouldn't know the difference if he got it for Christmas or for Easter.
I did however have some casualties while attempting this quilt:

I was not happy, but I did figure out how to make it work.  I had extra fabric, and ended up cutting off the ripped part, and sewing the extra on both sides to make it even.

The idea that I got from the quilt in Mervyns was this:

Stitching a square in the middle of the big square.  I used a piece of cardboard and traced it on the the fabric (you can kind of see part of the tracing on the light blue square).

(Like I said, I was making 2 quilts... did I mention that?)  I didn't finish both quilts in time for Christmas.  I honestly don't remember when I finished my little Yoda's quilt.  But I did:

Instead of binding the quilt, I just turned the fabric over the edge (it was all part of the plan....) and hand sewed in on.

I just finished quilting the 2nd quilt for my oldest (Robin Hood) yesterday.  I am quite pleased with how it turned out, and will post pictures when it is complete done!!!

Here's one more pic of the quilt on the bed.. (just because it is so cute!!!).