Introducing.... the Love Bird Quilt

It's a great feeling to finish a quilt, and give it to a loved one. All I had to do was trim it and stitch the binding - I did that in the last few days.

Colour Me Happy is finished, and has been named "The Love Bird Quilt". Mum quilted an allover love bird design on it for me.

I chose cotton batting to suit the Far North Queensland climate. We (Gail and I) had a nap under it this afternoon, and it was the perfect weight to provide that satisfying feeling of cosiness, but not too hot and heavy.



Don't worry Sweetheart, you won't be tripping over it as it won't stick out from under our bed anymore. xo

Etchings

Whoot! Whoot! That's the quilt top finished! Ta-da!

I had quite a lot of the Paris map fabric for the outer borders.... while it's quite light, I think it's really pretty... quilts are made to be used - and are easily washed if necessary!!!

There are some interesting bits and pieces left over that I'll play with for the back.. but really... I think that's enough for tonight!

Almost photographed

Hmm... I just realised I haven't really posted a good photo of La Petite Ecole - Persian Tiles. I still haven't managed to post a good photo. It's quite a big quilt!! I think I've got a good place for this at home!!

I'm ready to snuggle up...

It's important for me to try to take good photos of my quilts for this blog - I have them printed into a book each year - that's a record of my quilting journey.

I've been asked to speak at the Geelong guild in two weeks. They want me to talk about my quilting journey - to bring quilts, and talk about what I do, how I've done it..... everything. And it's the early days that I can't remember so well, and I've given so many of the quilts away now.

The ones I grew out of, the ones I could spare for urgent charity quilt drives, the baby quilts I gave away, or healing quilts... I just can't remember them all. I must try to collate all the photos I've taken in one place.

In the meantime, I might talk about some of my past quilts at different times, just to make a record in this journal, and in this woman's quilting history.