Well that was a nice quick finish... four day turnaround for a quilt. Not bad for me!
As previously discussed this is my own drafted up version of the Swoon block.
I discussed the layout here and here.
For the quilting I went quick and simple (I'm due to catch up with the new mum this week) with a all over meander in a light grey.
The only fabric shopping I did for this quilt was to pop up to Spotlight and buy 30cm of fabric for the binding.
I didn't have anything suitable in my stash.
I picked out this stripe as you just cant go past a nice striped binding.
I went with the mish-mash backing using up all the left over scraps from the front and adding in a piece of grey TaDot and a small strip of Alexander Henry Larkspur.
I think it falls on the side of 'arty' rather than 'frugal piecing'. That's what I'm telling myself anyway!
I'm loving my newly furnished formal lounge for photographing.
After a 3 year search we finally found our perfect sofa's for the room and they are proving to be a perfect backdrop for photographing quilts. The lighting in front of the window is great. and the room is usually tidy so its an easy location to set up a quilt or two!
I love the arm chair most of all. We are slowly buying accessories for the room, like this gorgeous lamp I found in a store selling restored mid-century furniture and bric-a-brac.
PS... while technically this quilt uses up some of my Denise Schmidt 'Picnic's and Fairground's' fabric, which is #10 on my 12WIPs in 2012 list, my original post indicated that I intended to make "a couple of small quilts I could donate to a hospital NICU". So, unless someone thinks I am cheating, I will carry this quilt over to another month and call the WIP complete when I have made at least one more quilt from the DS fabric.
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