R2D2 Quilt

For starters, my family and I are huge Star War fans. We're talking pre Episode VII. I grew up watching Star Wars. I know all the lines. We had all the action figures. Same for my hubster. And is there a better "Welcome home/good job finishing the first two years of med school" gift than a R2D2 quilt? No. No there isn't. I got the idea, not from Pinterest, I just googled "R2D2 quilt". Here is a link to the original blog post by TheBoredZombie.com. By the way, I have sent the original blogger a picture of my completed quilt and from our correspondences she just seems so awesome. 

Ok, so, picture this; a 9 month preggo woman (3 weeks away from her due date) cutting and sewing 1,530 two and a half inch squares. Did I mention that this was my first quilt ever? EVER?! Luckily my mother is an accomplished quilter and was very willing to help me complete it. It only took me about a week to assemble the quilt (sew the squares into blocks and the blocks into rows).

Unfinished

We had a friend help quilt in on her long arm quilt machine and the boarded was hand sewed on by my mom. Manly because I had a newborn to hold and feed and no free hands for sewing. The quilt was intended for the Hubster but the boyz have taken it over and sleep with it on their bed.

R2 found a home. 

Showing the quilt to my mother's local quilt guild.