Sunday 21 October 2012

Quilt!!!

Hurrah!

I realise that this is the first mention of it, but for the past year I've been making a patchwork quilt for my mother- and father-in-laws ruby wedding anniversary present. Well, it was their anniversary today, and the quilt was given. Eek, it was scary stuff, but luckily they loved it!
I made it based on a block built of 2 inch squares, and it is double bed sized- that's lots of squares! Each block took a couple of days to make, and once I had enough I stitched them all together and set about doing an edging. Once that was on I began quilting it- something I'd never done before! My main phrase whilst doing the quilting was 'ow' as I stabbed my fingers through 2 layers of cotton and a layer of wadding. But it got done and I finally bound the edges last week.
Never been more pleased to finish a project! And never has a gift been more happily received!
Back to my knitting now, doing lovely fair isle.
All the best,
Hailwood Handmades xxxxxx