The Quilt

I promised yesterday I'd show the quilt today but be warned there is a tonne of photos in this post as I am ridiculously proud of the quilt so got a bit snap-happy with it all!

Firstly, the incredibly kind Mitmot sent me this piece of fabric (after I begged her for it) to back my quilt with. It is absolutely gorgeous and came from the magic market man!

So this backing .....



Plus this patchwork piece ....



Plus this bias binding ......



And this huge bag of wadding .....

Became this :: The Quilt

I am so incredibly pleased with how its turned out, sometimes I don't usually like the things that I make, I prefer to make things for others, but this one is a keeper! It took a whole evening to quilt and bind it, but thanks to my trial run with the needlecase the other day I knew how to use the bias binding, and luckily it is surprisingly neat for me. Usually my straight stitches are never straight, I can never just let the machine do its thing, and I end up messing it up.

But with this quilt there really was no room for error as I was using all of my best fabric plus the gorgeous backing fabric that I just could.not.mess.up. It was scary gettting started (actually it was scary the whole way through) but I got the hang of the quilting, and can actually honestly say that I'd like to make another one - though not for a little while!

I am so pleased with how it all works together, I know there is a lot of different prints and patterns going on, and quite a few colours too, blues, reds, pinks, a bit of yellow and green in there too... The print on the back just makes me so happy when I walk past it. Also making me happy are the squares made from a Cath Kidston duster which Mary Poppins sent me last year. You can just see them below...

Its looking a little creased in these photos, and thats because it has already been put to good use, my sister was using it yesterday, but I wont be getting the iron out just yet! And its a bit wonky but its 100% handmade and the things that I make are always wonky!

Looking very creased but you get the idea. It just about covers my bed and I am happy with the size, any bigger and I think my little sewing machine would have died on me! It was already struggling to get through the middle of the quilt as I was quilting it.

Looking OTT with the Rosali bedding! Will change it to white bedding for a little while I think...

And I think I might keep it this side up for a while too, just so I can enjoy that gorgeous fabric! X