Friday 11 May 2012

XOXO - it's finished!

And there was much rejoicing! This is my biggest quilt I have attempted yet - it's queen size. And gosh was it difficult to photograph. Even the fence wasn't tall enough to display it fully.


Of course a lot of my fence photos looked like this:
Still pretty through right?!

I think... and this is a big statement... this is my favourite quilt yet.


I love the pattern (French Kisses by Tracey of Traceyjay quilts - and currently on sale!)
and I love the fabric. Sweet Lush by Patty Young. I still have scraps left - using every last piece of this gorgeous fabric!

 I used a lot of the scraps to paper piece a sampler strip for the back of this quilt. And thus my love for paper piecing began.

You can find more info about the various blocks in this post.

When it came to the quilting (which you can see a bit in the above photo), I went with simple. It's a lot of work wrestling a queen size quilt through a regular size machine! So simple was definitely the way to go for me.

The fanciest touch was FMQing little flowers in the centres of the diamonds.



I also made up a little label to attach to the quilt. I should have thought it out a bit better and actually made it a part of the backing fabric, but... I didn't think that far ahead. So I winged it, and just stitched it to the back. Not perfect but it does the job.

This is a big finish and I'm so pleased with how it turned out! It's a belated gift for my Mum's 60th birthday (which was back in September... yep I'm organised!), but I'm totally going to double up and give it to her for Mother's Day on Sunday hehehe! Two for the price of one, awesome.

Okay, I did get her an actual Mother's Day present too, but it's a great excuse to wrap up this quilt and give it to her to show her how much I appreciate her! I mean it's a queen size quilt. That's a lot of appreciation and love. ;)


Linking up with M-R at Quilt Matters for TGIFF :)



16 comments:

  1. Well done! So much love and detail has gone into this quilt, you can be very very proud of yourself. I'm sure your Mum will treasure it!

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  2. What a wonderful gift! I love the pattern and the colors you used....beautiful!

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  3. Your quilt is fabulous! I am sure your Mum will love it too!

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  4. It's beautiful. You are going to have one very happy mother soon.

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  5. It has turned out beautifully, I really like what you did with the borders.

    Congratulations!

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  6. Great job! That fence picture made me smile :-D Anyway it's lovely.

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  7. Wow, it is really beautiful! The colours are perfect. And how nice it's going to live with your mum, you'll be able to visit it as often as you like!

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  8. I do love the colours in this quilt! I always make a label at the very end for all my quilts and stitch them on by hand. If I'm organised enough I try and stitch some of the label under the binding but it doesn't usually happen!

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  9. That is a lot of appreciation and love! So far my mom has only received lap sized quilts or wallhangings from me. LOL. It is beautiful, Kristy! I love your paper piecing and your FMQ is perfect for the centre of the blocks!

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  10. Wooooo you finished it *pops confetti balloon...I'm not cleaning that up!)
    It looks great, love the colours and the back! Great choice to go simple on the quilting =D

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  11. This is a fabulous quilt - I love the front and the back :)

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  12. You are awesome to get hat biggen' done on a small machine and on time. I agree with it being a favourite - my favourite of your quilts too. Keep up the paper piecing projects.

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  13. This a beautiful quilt and I'm blown away by your sample strip on the back! It's a lovely accomplishment!
    SImply Miss Luella

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  14. It's gorgeous! What a lovely gift. I, too, love your sampler blocks on the back. How wonderful!

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  15. Your quilt turned out beautifully! I knew this would be a good month for finishes! The fabric is beautiful and I love the side borders you added. The shot of the quilt on the ground made me laugh, because that is how 90% of my fence shots look :D! Great job on such a large quilt!

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  16. It turned out great! Love the colors!

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