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Tuesday 24 September 2013

3 months and counting!

Yep, I am going to say it, 3 months time, it'll be Christmas Eve.  I am planning on being snuggled up under my Cherry Christmas quilt by now and that, is as far as my Christmas plans will probably get until the middle of December, when it will be all-out panic!

So I finished the binding on Sunday evening, and it was just so nice sitting under it that I think I would like to use fluffy fleece on all my quilts from now on!

I did light touch quilting in a matching teal Aurifil 40wt, and echoed the edges of the coloured blocks, twice.  This is more than enough to hold the fleece in place, and I bound it in a selection of scrappy leftovers - it is Christmas after all!


The pictures really don't do it justice; fleece is a nightmare to photograph, and I was busy hopping around the grass as a billion daddy-long-legs were flying around my legs!

I haven't washed it - there doesn't seem much point, as I didn't spray baste, yep, I found a dusty box of quilting pins, and with no batting, I am guessing it would just end up with it looking like it needs a good press.

Unlike regular quilting, I started at one edge rather than the middle, having pinned one half of the quilt only; after the first pass with my walking foot, I smoothed out the fleece again and re-pinned, working this way from one side to the other - it worked perfectly, no puckers or baggy bits to report, and took about an hour.

The original blanket had a stitched folded edge, so there was no fluff until I was ready to bind, and even then it wasn't too bad.  I did zig-zag the edges before putting on the binding though.  I machined it to the fleece side and then hand-finished on the top side.

So now I have depressed you about the 91 shopping days until Christmas, I'm going to skedaddle out of here quick smart, night night xxx

24 comments:

  1. I've just said to my other half, in three months time we will be putting out a mince pie for Father Christmas!! I can't repeat what he said. Your Christmas quilt looks lovely, perfect for those chilly nights. Sarah

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  2. I'm so disappointed, I was hoping you were going to say you're 3 monthd pregnant then!!! You can get up off the floor now H- love the fluffiness :o)

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  3. Noooooooooo!!!!! Fab quilt, and snuggly toboot.

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  4. Is that meant to be good news?!?!?!?!? Your quilt looks lovely :)

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  5. so glad I'm not the only one the quit police will be looking for when they start enforce.g the quilts-must-have-three-layers rule! this looks great and i love the quilting

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  6. This looks fab! I must get my (hanging up for 3 years!) Christmas top quilted. I HAVE got 3 presents bought, though.

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  7. Looks perfect for snuggling under at Christmas!

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  8. Looks like we've both been doing Christmas quilts these last few days. Yours is gorgeous misses.

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  9. Man you are so organised it pains me!! Beautiful quilt btw! Jxo

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  10. Argh, not the C word again! But it is looking lovely and snuggly that quilt...

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  11. Your quilt looks wonderful! All you need now is a hot chocolate and a christmas CD and you're all set :-)

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  12. I do love Christmas, and you are set with such a nice, snuggly quilt/blanket!

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  13. Oh, it's gloriously snuggly. I need to make a fleecy one.

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  14. That fleece looks great, and I had no idea it would be so easy to work with, I always imagined it would be a bit of a cow.

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  15. You took a perfectly good quilt and had to mess up the story with the 90 days shopping left until Christmas. :-)
    Lovely finish

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  16. Looks like you got on brilliantly with the fleece -such a great colour btw. Your quilter looks so cosy, buteo am. Glorify everything else you said - la la la la la

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  17. Great idea to make a Christmas quilt and this one looks beautiful! x

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  18. interesting approach to basting. Love the quilt! Shut up about the unmentionable C word!!!!!!!

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  19. What a wonderful Christmas quilt! Such a fab idea about the fleece and no batting. It's going to be so snuggly! And what a sensible way to do the binding too with doing it the other way :-))

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  20. oh my gosh! 91 days!??!?! I'm speechless...
    Except to say congrats on the finish - lucky you!!

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  21. Cant we just call it the Winter quilt for now?! Looks lovely, bet its braw cosy too!

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  22. Am currently unpicking my quilting........

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  23. I love the idea of the fluffy fleecy blanket as a backing. I bet it's very cosy to snuggle under?

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