Made this for my friend Joanne's daughter, Lexie Morris, who loves blue.
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| (Shown on our queen bed) |
I used a kit-set from Spotlight for the centre panel, which is made from half-square triangles, and then added the border panels to make it into a single-bed quilt.
I quilted stars into the star-print, used zigzag lines on the diamonds and wavy lines on the dark blue panels.
I had been saving this bicycle flannel and it was perfect for the backing.
The name, Capers and Frisks, is because I was listening to a podcast of one of my favourite books, Pride and Prejudice, while I was sewing and one of the lines that really took my fancy was something along the lines of "the children showed their happiness with a variety of capers and frisks" which I though fit really well for a child's quilt with the variety of blue fabrics.
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| Nice and cosy! |
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| Rumbles tried to give it the comfort test when I was taking some photos! |
This is one of my goals for the third quarter of the 2018 Finish Along!
Joining up with Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday linky -
and also with Myra's Finished or Not Friday linky -
kia ora everyone!
You always pick such great colors with your quilts, this one is perfect in the blues and white. I like the layout and the name, looks great! What a nice gift.
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy! As always it is so nice to make a quilt as a gift.
DeleteVery sweet quilt. Love the backing, and flannel...so warm and extra cozy!
ReplyDeleteThank you - I loved putting it all together.
DeleteI absolutely LOVE the quilt you made for Lexie. I'm sure she's going to love it, too!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was very well received I'm told!
DeleteA lovely quilt! And the bicycle flannel backing is perfect with it, so cuddily!
ReplyDeleteI was saving those bicycles for something for myself but they just suited this project more (and I am sure Lexie probably rides a bike a LOT more than I do these days LOL!)
DeleteWhat a gorgeous project! Love the colors and the backing. Makes me want to rethink my HSTs...
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed putting this together (and using stash fabrics to expand it). Thanks for visiting!
DeleteIt is a great quilt! The backing is perfect!
ReplyDeleteAren't those bicycles just the coolest?!
DeleteI love how you expanded the centre section to make it the size you wanted. And the backing fabric is wonderful! On behalf of the FAL global hosts, thank you for participating and linking up.
ReplyDeleteThanks tonnes and thanks for providing a good goal to get things done (and an avenue for sharing them with others!)
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