for her and her love

A dear friend of mine was getting married. I had been helping her learn quilt. "I want to make you a wedding quilt! What type of quilt would you like?" I asked. As she looked through my collection of books, we admired colors and patterns and what her love would like. "This one!" she exclaimed. It turns out she really likes unicorns. And she really likes pink. So the quilt was made with love for her. Now she is  a married woman. Even though it's a little girly it should keep them both warm.

 

Name: Cheyanne's Quilt

Design:Daydreams by Cheryl Arkison, from the book Sunday Morning Quilts

Quilted: Me, spray basted and quilted in a loopy design with my Brother

Size: squarish lap size

It was really fun to piece the top of this quilt. I think I really like working with girly colors. The unicorn fabric was the first fabric choice, and it was fun to pick out 1/8th and 1/4 yard fabric for the stripes (my stash does not have much purple or pink).  My least favorite fabric I used was the grey, I'm starting to think that grey can be a tricky color. Does anyone else notice this?

The basting was done with spray; I like it so much better then using pins! My free motion quilting still has room for improvement but I like it. The backing is a light purple print, found at the Fabric Depot outdoor sale. Some of the fabric outside seems to be a little lesser quality, but this fabric is nice and soft. The backing washed well too.

The quilt is bound with a nice purple fabric. I hand stitched the binding to the back, which reminded me how much I LOVE to machine bind my quilts. It's faster and the binding seems so much more secure. Plus my fingers are not so tired when I use my machine.

Besides quilting, I have also experimented with baking. True, I used an at-home kit, but we did a good job shaping the pretzels don't you think? The funny looking ones were made by my husband.

Hope you are keeping busy too

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ps I am linking up to Finish it Friday