Baby Boom

My relatives and friends, here and in Israel, are dropping babies at a fast pace. And I'm trying to keep up with baby quilts. I have one baby boy who was born in Israel while I was there but I didn't get around to finishing anything then. And this past week, my aunt and uncle had a new great-grand-daughter as did Menachem's aunt and uncle, both babies in Israel. Also, a pupil of my father's is having a baby boy next month and a friend's daughter is having a baby girl in January.
I bought some pink and green fabrics for baby girl quilts while in Israel and with a little bit of fabric I purchased at Fabricland earlier this week, I had enough to do four quilt tops. I cut the fabric last night into eight 4.5" strips. I sewed the strips together this morning and then recut into nine 4.5" strips and sewed those together. All this between 6 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., including shower and breakfast, before I left for work.
I have one top finished with 4" finished squares which repeat in a diagonal pattern. Very pretty in pink. I will lather, rinse and repeat twice more and that will take care of my baby girl quilt tops.
I actually have two more tops ready from leftovers from other projects which could definitely be suitable for boys.
I need to buy backing, batting and then quilt. I will either free-motion in the one stitch I know, use my machine's serpentine embroidery stitch or stitch diagonally through the corners of the squares.
I had cut some 1.5" or 2" squares from previous quilting projects and had started sewing them into rows but found it too tedious. I ripped out the seams (not that many) and will make the squares into 9 patches which I will alternate with solids or softly patterned neutrals to make more baby quilts.
I am really trying to avoid purchasing what I don't need to. I have fabrics which don't really go with anything else so I may need to purchase stuff to be able to use them but I am trying not to buy anything just because it's lovely...
The original reason I went to Fabricland was to buy one spool of thread for one of my "Missed Deadlines" pieces. I will try to finish them off this weekend so I can concentrate on not missing the baby deadlines.