You wouldn't believe the mayhem going on behind this quilt as I was taking photos. Short of a responsible adult to hold the quilt, I enlisted the help of Zaki (age 4) and his cousin Salma (7 years old). Behind the quilt, one of Zaki's 'big' cousins was restraining another 'small' cousin from jeopardising the photo shoot. Light was going and I had to be quick. Hence the wonky tilt to the quilt!
I have definitely made a big old dent in the UFOs lying around since I joined Leanne's Finishalong 2013. This is my third finish of 2013.
Last October, it was my second turn as quilter in the Care Circle of do.Good Stitches. I asked the lovely members to make bright scrappy patchwork wheel blocks. The blocks look so pretty when assembled together - there is just the right mix of dark and light in this quilt.
Last October, it was my second turn as quilter in the Care Circle of do.Good Stitches. I asked the lovely members to make bright scrappy patchwork wheel blocks. The blocks look so pretty when assembled together - there is just the right mix of dark and light in this quilt.
When you look at the quilt sometimes you see hugs...
...and sometimes you see kisses...
I made a backing using white cotton and some of Tula Pink's Birds & Bees, and used some for the binding too. I bought some half yards last year and never did work out quite how to use them...
...especially these squirrels...so it makes me happy to see them off the spare bed and in a quilt.
When I returned from England at the beginning of the month, I was uncharacteristically slack when I gathered up my sewing kit and caboodle and left behind fabric (*gasp*) and my hera marker at my mum's. So I chose simple straight line quilting again and as this is a smallish quilt (48" x 48"), it was done in a flash.
Thank you to all the wonderful women who contributed to this quilt. I am sure it will give lots of quilty hugs and kisses to a sick child when I hand it over to Project Linus UK.
Things will be a bit slower on the quilt making front but it has made me realize that if I lived somewhere where I could buy batting or thread at a local quilt store or online and have it in a couple of days then I would probably be much more productive. I bought 4 kilometers of thread (4 x Gutermann's 1000m spools) back with me along with 3 lots of batting - the batting has gone as has over 1 kilometer of thread but I'm looking forward to finishing bee blocks and working on some quilt tops - after all my favourite part of the process...
Linking up with TGIFF being hosted by Laura this week!
Things will be a bit slower on the quilt making front but it has made me realize that if I lived somewhere where I could buy batting or thread at a local quilt store or online and have it in a couple of days then I would probably be much more productive. I bought 4 kilometers of thread (4 x Gutermann's 1000m spools) back with me along with 3 lots of batting - the batting has gone as has over 1 kilometer of thread but I'm looking forward to finishing bee blocks and working on some quilt tops - after all my favourite part of the process...
Linking up with TGIFF being hosted by Laura this week!
