Quilt

Hello Everyone (especially to Sharon & Pier),

It's been way too long since i've been on my blog - i was worried that i wouldn't remember how to log in anymore!! It's been over a month since i've last posted something, and i have no excuse as to why it's taken me so long to post again...  I guess i can say i've been busy, blah blah blah, but that sounds like such a bad excuse...

Anyway, let's get down to the good stuff...  A while ago i mentioned that i was going to make a quilt for Aiden's room - well, believe it or not, it's finally finished...  It feels like it's taken forever to get it done - but i'm going to be very honest now, i had to call in some help to finish it...  Once i had all the blocks sewn together (all 300 of them), and had the whole quilt sandwich (meaning the top and bottom layer with the batting in the middle) going, i couldn't get it thru my sewing machine - the sewing part wasn't the problem, it was when i had to roll it up to get to the middle section that i realized that i was going to have a big problem...

It was a looooooooong process, first cutting strips, then cutting the strips into blocks, then sewing all the blocks together, etc...  My biggest task was to make sure that i do not get the same colour or patterned block next to one another - this step probably took the longest...  And of course i documented every step of the way - so here's a look (sorry for the bad quality pictures, was taken with my cellphone):

 

Here are some pictures of me while sewing - please note all the jets and army tanks watching me - Aiden was sitting next to me playing - he wanted to "help" me, but in the end just kept me company while i worked - the toys just kept on getting closer and closer...

 

Here's a picture of all the blocks once it was all together, and i was trying to figure out how i was going to sew on top of the quilt once i got the batting and back piece together...

 Anyhoo, long story short, i got some help finishing the quilt and this is what the final result looks like - i'm super happy with the way it turned out, and my little man LOVES his new "blanket"...

The final product:

As you can see - we still need some matching pillows - i'm looking for plain red and blue pillow cases...  At least the last two pictures are better quality, now you can see the colours better...

Don't you just love it...

I'll be back with more crafty projects soon...

Liesl
xxx