Thursday 10 April 2008

Sighs of relief! (17)


Hooray! The birthday quilt is finished. It just shows how inexperienced I am: I decided just six weeks ago that I would make a queen sized quilt for our bed for my husband's birthday! Little did I know that (a) I would be feeling so rotten for so much of the time and (b) that DH, who only works three days a week anyway, would sometimes decide to work two days a week as he was owed so much time. So I had to get the quilting done pretty quickly. I decided to freehand machine quilt using zig-zags, wavy lines, triangles. It won't win any awards, but I'm pleased with the end result and I'm sure that DH will be delighted. I couldn't wash it and dry it without him seeing it, so spent about an hour going over it with a sticky roller. I was so pleased to have it finished and so keen to get it wrapped up before any more cat hair got on it that I forgot to sew the label on!
My next project is a cushion for my mother-in-law's birthday (underway) and a lap quilt to use up some of the hundreds of spare 4patch blocks I made (also underway). Who knew that I would become so keen on quilting? My family make jokes ("where's the quilted toilet roll cover?") but they are also pleased to see me enjoying my retirement. And I'm the first family member to start blogging!

7 comments:

June said...

Your bed quilt is wonderful! Aren't the 4-patches fun? I'm ready for the next step on OC, too. Thanks for the comment on my blog! I live in Surry County, NC
June

Kucki68 said...

What a wonderful secret project! I am sure your better half will love it. And you get to benefit from it too. Sounds Win-Win to me.

Roslyn said...

Good job, Amanda, persistence pays off, I hope he is surprised!
Roslyn

Quilter Kathy said...

Congratulations on your finished quilt! And your 4 patches are cute - I like the purple added in!

Elisabeth Augusta said...

Wow, this looks so good!

Andrea said...

Lovely quilt - many congrats for getting it done in time and in secret too. I really need to get my 4-patches done before clue 2 comes out.

Helen in the UK said...

Way to go!! It took me several years to pluck up the courage to do a bed-sized quilt and then I quilted it in sections :)
You've done a great job, but DH will be surprised and thrilled :)