A quilt finish

I can't believe that I haven't blogged since June - and here we are in August already.

I actually started writing this post late in June but, obviously, I didn't get any further than a few introductory words.

In my last post I was busy finishing up Olive's baby quilt. I was about to start the quilting and was hoping for a good run with that. 

I can happily announce that the quilt is finished and delivered so now I can show it in its entirety.

I was inspired to add lots of little personalised bits in the quilt.  I chose the dog for the two they have,  and which Olive is fascinated by. The design is from a BOM, Wag Tales, by Suzy Sitcom.

A touch of Hawaii (applique design from EQ8) —

A touch of Delaware,  which is where her mum is from; a Delaware cross patch (also from EQ8) —

A touch of Japan, where her parents had been living; haha if you cant find it, it's the cherry blossom used for the dog's bow!

And of course there's a little bit of New Zealand in there too, with the kiwiana fabric I used on the final border —

And I backed it with fabric from one of Mum's nighties (or nightgown, as she would say). There was nearly enough to back the quilt. I had to join a piece of white on but I put the label on top of it and no one is any wiser —

While customised, I kept the quilting fairly simple and overall I was pleased with the result —

Naturally there needs to be a photo of the quilt with the baby —

I'm going to finish off here as I have plenty more news and this will just go on and on if I don't stop now.

I'm thinking of trying a post a day throughout August---hmmm---that should get me all caught up!?

'til then,

happy stitches,

Raewyn