It's been ages since I updated my blog so a belated happy 2015 to you! I've been busy with lots of things ~ super busy with work before Christmas, then we travelled to Taiwan and Singapore for a couple of weeks, and work has continued to be busy in the new year, but all is good!
Remember I made this Bride and Groom cross stitch for K and M in September 2012? Well, Baby B arrived on Valentine's Day! Mazel Tov!
I started this patchwork quilt in December with an strict completion date by the end of January. I bought Moda's Hunky Dory charm pack a little while ago, and since I don't like cutting fabric, I found a set of cream Bella Solids from Etsy. I had a vague sense of the pattern...well not really but I thought triangles would be a good start so I completed half square triangles before Christmas.
What to do with 42 lots of half square triangles? How about putting them together to make even bigger triangles? So that's what I did, but then couldn't decide how to arrange them...
After seeking Mum's opinion, we decided on the following which is like the flying geese pattern. The backing fabric is a cute rabbit garden print with a green background which I thankfully had the foresight to buy 2 metres of a couple of years ago (the joys of having a well stocked fabric stash!), and I machine quilted in the ditch.
The quilt measures 73cm x 123cm and I hope it will keep Baby B warm during the coming months (since we're not having much a Summer this year!).
Hello,
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable quilt, charm squares are so useful for projects like this. Hope the new bub is going well.
Happy days.
Bev.