vintage sheet patchwork quilt.

I finally made a baby quilt using some of my vintage sheets! I actually made two, but the other didn't photograph so well, so you'll have to wait to see that one! This is the softest little quilt ever. My favorite thing about this quilt is that once I finished, it felt as though these fabrics had always lived harmoniously alongside one another. A great feeling for a quilt I tell ya.

Although I love it, I had the hardest time cutting into my stash of vintage sheets. Every time I chose a print to cut, I had to think long and hard about whether I'd like to use the sheet on a bed or sacrifice it for the little quilt.

You see, I have this dream of having a little cottage on a lake that will be chock full of old, pretty things. Each bedroom will have no less than two twin wrought iron beds, neatly tucked with vintage floral sheets and handmade quilts.

It will be bright and sunny and have creaky, wooden floors, perhaps even whitewashed. The rooms will have candy colored dry sinks with huge enamel pitchers filled with flowers from the garden. There will be reading corners with overstuffed pillows and an assortment of my favorite picture books...

There will be trails of sand leading to wet swimsuits that hang from crystal doorknobs...

The mood will be light and the air thick of campfire and song...

It's a reoccurring dream and it makes me happy.

Oh, how I ramble....