I have to start by saying I love this quilt and really wanted to keep it, though it looks like I will just have to make one for myself.
Prepare yourself for lots of photos!
I actually started making this in January 2018 for a friend, but as we approached the middle of the year and her birthday I realised it wouldn't be completed and instead made the irregular patchwork cushion as a gift which matches this quilt
The quilt then got put away and resurfaced in January 2019
Working on this quilt the ramped up as her 50th birthday was in May of this year
A lot of the embroidery was inspired by the fabrics that I was using but others represent parts of my friend
This quilt represents
- who she is with worsds such as friend, daughter, sister etc
- her dog with paw prints
- her awesome handbag collection with a selection of bags
- our shared love of visiting prize homes with a little house
- her new home with the postcode
I started by creating 6 blocks and embroidering in all of the white squares in these
I then started creating sections to join the bloacks and to increase the size of the quilt
It was at this stage as her birthday was drawing nearer that I thought I may have bitten off more than I could chew
In the last 6 weeks I had this quilt in my hands at every spare minute and there were a lot of late nights and early mornings
I finished the quilt off with hand quilting to match the cushion I had given her last year
I didn't feel that I could machine quilt it after spending so much time on it, besides, it had to match the cushion she already had!
Each finished small square in the quilt measures 1.5 inches
The quilt finished at 61.5 x 63 inches, the perfect size for snuggling up under
Many hours of work went into this and it would have to be the quilt I am most proud of
I work a little feehand, so I literally drew each pattern straight onto the quilt block with a fabric pen and then embroidered them with colours to match the fabrics
I backed the quilt with a variety of fabrics from the same fabric line as the fabric used on the front
I bound it with a simple baby pink binding
And of course I finished it with a hand stitched label - these are actually on the front of the quilt
I am glsd to say that my friend loved it and it was only 2 weeks late for her birthday!
Thanks for popping by
Vicki
