Done and Dusted.

I blame all those scrappy trip around the world quilts that I saw at various times in 2013 for the birth of this quilt. They all looked so pretty but the idea of having to work out how to put one together hurt my head a lot so I decided to make a postage stamp quilt instead. The added bonus of clearing out the scrap bin a little added to the motivation factor. Plus, I hadn't made a quilt in ages that screamed "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME " because of all the colour in it. 

So being the highly motivated individual I am, three test blocks got made in August last year then I promptly ignored this quilt until January. 

You were going to get a post about the process of making this quilt but I promised some of my quilty friends I wouldn't bag my own quilts this year and point out every little flaw, issue and mistake. So since I cant blab about all the bloody things that went wrong while I was putting this together , please take in the visual feast and perfection that is my Postage Stamp Quilt ...

I have the world's largest private collection of chenille and it's time to start using it up...so the PS Quilt has a gorgeous chenille back. Warm and snuggly for winter use. (and I now have that much more space in my storage cupboard ) 

I decided on simple straight line quilting because that much colour and that many fabrics don't need anything else.  

1280 squares of 2 inch fabric and a finished size of 72 x 72 inches.

Dotty binding in a hot pink . I love dotty and stripey binding.  

I machined the binding on because this is going to be an every day quilt that gets a lot of abuse use. 

Oh who am I kidding?  I machined the binding on because I just wanted it finished...

Another WIP bites the dust .... I really am quite pleased with the over all look of this quilt but I'm happy to move on to something else. That something else would be the triangle quilt that's been lurking for an inordinate amount of time because bias edges in this house usually end up having their own little Mexican wave party while I'm sewing them together. Wish me luck. 

Linking up to Elizabeth’s Stitch in Time linky party. Come and play!

And this is another finish from my FAL Quarter 1 list which you can see here ...

P.S. I almost talked myself into starting something new this week ...I have some Bliss fabric that has started calling my name really loudly! But I put my big girl undies on and I will prevail over the triangle quilt before I give in!