Sunday, 19 February 2012

Swooning on two counts

I'm so excited to be able to share with you my finished Swoon quilt!! It looks quite small on the washing line but in reality it is over 6 foot tall and wide. Just to recap, the background fabric is Medium grey kona. The prints in the Swoon blocks are from Ty Pennington's Impressions range and the coordinating solids are by Klona.
I backed the quilt with a print from Ikea framed with the medium grey kona.
I reaffirmed my new love for hand quilting with perle cottons and did quite extensive echo quilting in different shades to add a bit more interest.
I bound with a dusky pink herringbone print by Joel Dewberry (thanks to John Lewis and their mega sale). Here she is all pretty in place on our bed with the coordinating cushions I made for the Intrepid Thread newsletter. You can safely assume that I am chuffed to bits!
My other cause for Swooning was the fabulous Valentine gift hubby bestowed on me! If you read this you will know how much I longed for a Major Morgan as a child. Well, my lovely hubby only tracked down an original, boxed Major Morgan for me!!! I was instantly about 7 years old again when I started playing with it on Valentine's evening. Childhood dream fulfilled, thanks to hubby!
I couldn't resist showing you how fantastic he looks next to the amazing replica that Lynz made for me in the I heart the 80s swap last year. That girl has some serious skills!!
After all that swooning I need a lie down ;) Catch you soon x
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10 comments:

  1. Rosa19 February 2012 at 16:13

    Your swoon is soooo nice!
    Like your lay-out, one block in top middle - looks good on the bed.

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  2. Fiona @ Poppy Makes19 February 2012 at 16:34

    Your Swoon is fantastic! And how lovely is your husband? :)

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  3. Catherine19 February 2012 at 17:58

    loooove your swoon - and it looks amazing on the bed too

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  4. Judith, Belfast19 February 2012 at 18:33

    That's one awesome quilt R! Love the hand quilting detail. Jxo

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  5. Isisjem19 February 2012 at 18:58

    That swoon is so fantastic - a real modern heirloom quilt. Love both Major Morgan's, what a lovely hubby!

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  6. Lynz19 February 2012 at 19:46

    I knew that swoon quilt would be just gorgeous! And you can't beat a photo of a quilt on a bed! I am also laughing at you now having TWO Major Morgans! Bless your husband's heart!

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  7. Sarah19 February 2012 at 19:55

    The morgans side by side is classic! Lynz sure did a great job. As did you with that fabulous swooon! Great stitching :-)

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  8. Mrs Flying Blind...19 February 2012 at 22:19

    Playing Major Morgan wrapped in the Swoon, priceless xx

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  9. Archie The Wonder Dog20 February 2012 at 16:52

    Love your Swoon!! And your husband is a real sweetie!

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  10. ScissorsandThread26 February 2012 at 14:08

    Not sure how I missed this, am so behind on blog reading. It's gorgeous, love it all but especially the hand quilting.

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