Yes, Waif's quilt "Fenced In" is finally complete and on his bed. He is chuffed to bits with it, and so am I. It has to be my favourite quilt so far (sssh, don't tell his brother). A bit tricky to get a photo that shows it off in all its glory so here are three:
After months of laboriously and lovingly hand quilting with pearl cottons, I passed it on to the Binding Fairy (aka my mum, aka Spidergran) to sew the binding on. Didn't she do a great job?
This is the first time I have used a pieced backing on a quilt and I quite like that too:
although sometimes the multiple seams did make it a bit tricky to get the quilting thread through.
In other news, I knocked up a little penguin Christmas ornament:
We have all been enjoying watching the BBC's Frozen Planet and Waif in particular has formed quite a love for penguins. I thought it only fitting that we should have some penguin ornaments to hang on the tree. I stumbled across A Creative Dream blog and June is sharing 15 days of 15 ornaments, including two penguin ornaments amongst others (santas, snowmen, moons, an angel...they are all gorgeous). The tutorial for this particular penguin can be found here although you may notice I have made a couple of lazy stitcher amendments...French knots instead of beads for eyes, and my penguin has a plain scarf...
Waif likes it anyway:
The quilt is fabulous! I also love the penguin ornament.
ReplyDeleteOh he turned out just adorable Viv... but that quilt.. OH MY GOODNESS... it is GORGEOUS... just magical... I love it!
ReplyDeleteFenced In is fantastic! The colors are beautiful and I love the houses in all shapes and sizes. You should feel very proud of yourself with this quilt. What an accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteLOVE THAT QUILT!! Absolutely inspiring. It would be my favorite too...sh....love your penguin too!
ReplyDeleteI have seen your quilt grow from a single house through to a fenced in village and have loved seeing every single piece of it. I hope that Waif has sweet dreams sleeping under it.
ReplyDeleteACK! that quilt is stunning!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous, amazing, gorgeous, fantastic quilt...you have SUCH talent! (Your ornament is awfully sweet, too!)
ReplyDeleteThe fenced in quilt is fabulous. What a great look. A very cute penguin too.
ReplyDeleteReally really stunning.. Love the penguin too.
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe penguin ornament is very cute. I still love making things for my kids even though they're grown.
Your quilt is breathtaking, the colours really make me drool, it has a lovely autumn/winter feel, and that penguin would make awesome ear muffs! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt. The oranges and yellows on the blue backgrounds just makes everything pop. Your cute ornament is fun also. Thanks for sharing the link.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous quilt. Simply lovely!
ReplyDeleteBest quilt ever! It beats the usual wonky houses hands up! Hurrah! And how cool that he loves it so much!!!! I am a bit concerned about the fat little penquin ornament, however. Here in the US.....'knocked up' usually means made pregnant ;)
ReplyDeleteFantastic quilt!!!!!
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