Wednesday, December 22, 2010

a quilt for Christmas gift swap

On my dad's side of the family, we swap gifts on Christmas Eve, and last year, I decided to take a quilt. This year, I made another quilt to bring, though this one I ended up finishing just in the nick of time, rather than in September. Thanks to my mom for the sewing machine loaner.

quarter-square triangle quilt

The pattern is just quarter-square triangles set on the bias. The color scheme is inspired by the main backing fabric, a print from the Petit Village collection from Timeless Treasures that I featured in a previous post. The other print is from the Farmdale collection from Alexander Henry.

quarter-square triangle quilt

I had bought some Kona cotton for the front in a champagne color, but it read too yellow, so I ended up buying some ivory Kona cotton last minute at JoAnn Fabrics instead. A khaki might have been better but this works well enough. Quilted it in horizontal-ish rows.

quarter-square triangle quilt


2 comments:

Shasta said...

It is beautiful - I am sure it will be well received.

Ann said...

Love those primary colours- it's a very happy quilt! Ann :)