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I've finished my father-in-law's quilt in record time. We're going over to visit him this afternoon, so I wanted to be able to take it with me. I hope he likes it, and that he actually uses it. It's a good size to snuggle in, but big enough to use on the bed as well. The fabric is Moda's Cranberry Wishes, and the pattern is Pandora's Box from the Jelly Roll Quilts book. I've kept the quilting simple, just straight lines around each block and round the centre block, and diagonals across each four patch block, and zig-zags in the border. The colours don't show up well in this photograph because it's such a dull rainy day here and I had to use flash, but you get the general idea.

It occurs to me that I haven't shared a picture of the project I did for Chookyblue's Secret Santa Christmas Swap. I sent it off a few weeks ago since we were expecting to move and wanted to get it out of the house before it got lost. Kate (at Stitched With Love) has already received it, and opened it! So here it is. It's about 2 foot square, and was great fun to do. Sadly, I seem to have mislaid the pattern book, but it has a wall hanging for each month of the year and perhaps I might get to make a few more of them next year