12 WIP in 2012 ~ Quilt No 1 "Eye Spied"

Once upon a time.. a long, long time ago ~ actually it was only 3.5 years, so NOT that long in terms of quilting - right??? I pieced a quilt top.

It only took me two years, to finally get around to basting this quilt and after deciding the quilt was no longer my cup of tea, I used it as a practice piece for a little dodgy free motion quilting (practice makes perfect… and it appears I needed LOTS of practice!)   

Then it was added to the pile of Work In Progress quilts. All at different stages of completion, most just waiting for minor finishing touches. This one is embarrassing because ALL it needed was the binding.

Enter AJ's challenge to complete 12 existing Work In Progress Quilts in 2012 - I knew I had to join in. Quilt number 1 on my master list was this little quilt… patiently waiting for a further 14 months for a wee bit of binding. Today I have snuck into the sewing room and pulled that little quilt out of the cupboard. Not wanting to go to the shops to buy more fabric, I settled on using a bright green, blue and purple stripe and started cutting. The lines weren't straight & a just a little unsure of the bright green against bright pink, I forged ahead relentlessly - I just HAD TO FINISH IT TODAY. And after 3.5 years - she is finally finished.

I'm calling it Eye Spied (as in the past tense… remember how long it's taken me, the original game of Eye Spy is over!)

The obligatory arty shot, LOVE our new tiles out the back for photographing Quilts… thankfully the hubby swept and mopped them just this morning!

The back is mainly this bright circle fabric (pink, green, yellow, purples and whites) that I bought years ago combined with a strip of left over pink from the front.

See that dodgy Free Motion Quilting. I think this was the first quilt I used my BSR foot on) I do love that puffy look after it was freshly washed!

The binding… I love how it's ended up multicolour stripes! Machine sewn binding because I was lazy and wanted this one out of the sewing room.



And one very happy customer! Poor child… I started this in 2008 when she was just over 12 months and still in the cot. Luckily she loves hauling quilts and sheets around the house, so this one will become the house quilt for her to rough and tumble with as much as she wants!

  

That wraps up Quilt number 1 for 2012. I'm off to check out my master list and start working on the next quilt!