Branching out

I've started making a baby quilt.  

My sis-in-law is preggers and I had thought that it would be nice to make her a quilt.  Then I found out she's having twins...we'll see if I can churn out 2 of these!  

I'm not following a pattern,  I'm just making it based on a few sketches that I did.   

It's not a traditional quilt.  

I've pieced together a branch. 

Then I plan to applique some leaves on it, and add either a caterpillar or a few birds.  I'm going to add a stripy border, to add some more colour.  

We'll see how it goes.  It's a fun experiment.