Soup inspires sewing (or vice versa)

I was making some Succotash Chowder from the Moosewood cookbook today and couldn't help taking these pictures. How great are these colors? I love the green lima beans and yellow corn together.

I just made a new coffee sleeve recently with these colors as well. And let's not forget my couch quilt.

Anyhoo... The soup was quite good. Been making a lot of soup lately so that I can get more vegetables in without going directly to salads. I think its working.

Blue Zoo

I finished L's baby quilt that she's giving to her new nephew.

I used the blue and green version of Alexander Henry's 2D zoo fabric for the front. It's so damn cute! I had previously made one out of the mostly primary colored animals a couple months ago. For the back I picked a green fabric with light green polka dots. (I always manage to sneak some dots in whenever I can.) And L actually picked out the border herself. I think the stripes are a nice contrast to the rest.

I bought a free-motion foot thinking that I was going to quilt this with leave patterns based on the top fabric, but I opted for stars in the end. I wanted to add some sort of special touch since the quilt itself was just two solid fabrics. My mom was the one that suggested the stars because it kind of looks like the starburst shaped flowers on the front.

The free-motion foot is amazingly difficult to use. It bounces around like crazy, so I guess I'll need much more practice. Although, maybe I'll want that "crazy" look someday and it will actually come in handy.

Oh! And if anyone out there has advice on how to use that bouncy free-motion foot, please let me know.