I managed to finish Pip’s quilt just in time, I think last time I shared it I had just sandwiched it together…

I decided to quilt it with a meandering heart pattern, it fitted in with the hearts on some of the fabrics. Of course it wasn’t as neat as I would have liked, some hearts are better than others and annoyingly I ended up with a crease on the back, something that’s never happened before. Luckily it looks a bit like a seam so it’s not as noticeable as it could have been. It’s backed with a lovely soft feeling cotton, not sure where I bought it but it’s quilt weight but manages to feel soft and cuddly.

The border is not as wavy as it looks in the photo, I think I just didn’t lay it out very well.

Due to a lack of a sizeable piece of fabric I decided to do a scrappy border, mixing silver and gold fabrics, the positioning couldn’t have worked out better with a strip of silver in the centre of each side. I machine stitched it on, remembering to stitch it to the back first so I could do a neat line along the edge on the front, which pretty much ended up in the ditch on the back.

Every quilt needs a name and I decided to call this one Heart of Gold, I had started the quilting in the centre gold square with a heart. I embroidered the name on the back together with my initials, following the line of quilting.

I gave her it yesterday as we’re going on holiday so we’ll miss her birthday, she loves it!

We’re away for four weeks now, my daughter is coming home to house sit and dog sit fortunately – we weren’t planning to get a dog until after the holiday! So, if I don’t reply or posts seem a bit thin on the ground…that’s why!