For now I wish you all a very merry Christmas and say goodbye until next week with some images of my finished "Pirates, Doges and Bones"quilt that I made for the most important little man in my world; my nephew and godson Hauke.
Hauke |
The front of the quilt is made of 192 5 inch squares measuring in total about 60 x 80 inches (2 x 1.5 m). I used fabric from my stash including the specifically purchased pirate themed fabric by Emily Taylor Pirate and Alexander Henry 'Bizness Pirate. I also added quite a few Timeless Treasure 'Dogs' and replaced the amount of sculls with cute little dogs and bones thereby a bit. After all I don't want Hauke to have nightmares.
I also kept two of the prints that have such wonderful detail as plam trees, boats and maps on them as large pieces because fussy cutting wouldn't have worked here. I also hope it adds a kind of "I spy" effect to the quilt top.
The back is a print wiht lots of blue stars on a cream backround from the 'Amercian Banner Rose ' collection from Moda purchased at my local Tikki quilt store (and yes Corinne you were right with the choice of fabric for the back and also with the binding !)
I kept the quilting simple in straight lines along the seam lines which I must confess is one of my favourite straight line quilting "patterns" - simple yet so beautiful.
I used a lovely stripy number again for the binding to give the quilt a little bit of a kick. The stripes are from the Lecien basics collections and were also bought at Tikki. I love the black and white contrast.
I really really love this quilt and hope my nephew will enjoy it for many years to come.
I wish you all lots of food, lots of help with the washing up; hopefully some breathing space in between and as few quarrels as possible (let's face it x-mas never passes without them entirely) over the festive days.
See you all after Christmas !
Love the pirate quilt, I'm sure the very handsome Hauke will love it! (Really, really love the stripy binding!!) Have a great Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHave a very happy time over the holidays xx
ReplyDeleteVery, very cute, and yes, I think he will enjoy it for sure!
ReplyDeleteIts a lovely quilt!
ReplyDeleteIt's a fantastic quilt Judith. You have a very lucky nephew :)
ReplyDeleteHope you have a wonderful Christmas x
what a great quilt: he will love it. have yourself a fabulous christmas x
ReplyDeleteLovely! Have a great one J! Jxo
ReplyDeleteOh he will love it - have fun xxx
ReplyDeleteThe black stripes really knock my socks off with this quilt---adore it!!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
Your nephew will get a great deal of joy from his quilt, I am sure! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHeartily great quilt which will be appreciated by blackbeard and all his mates I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteHo, Ho! What a great quilt. No doubt your charming nephew will love snuggling under his quilt. Have a great Christmas in Germany.
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