Patchwork blanket

In one mad afternoon last week sometime I sewed together these six inch patches to form the top of a new throw/blanket for our bed.

The yellow quilt top blanket I made at the begining of 2009 has served us very well and looks really very attractive, but sometimes a change is as good as a rest, and well, I just fancied something new...

There is a mixture of floral prints, some I can't remember who by, but some Cath Kidston, Anna Marie Horner and Windham classics to name a few.

I have yet to finish it - I'm still waiting to find just the right sheet in a thrifting adventure for the backing, and insha'allah if I do then hopefully it won't take an hour to finish the backing and binding with perhaps ties to bind it together. As it won't have batting, it really doesn't need quilting.

So something new to keep the interior bright in these oh so grey days...

Comments

[Amanda]

I now have blankie envy!!!

I *need* a sewing machine.....

[Sabera]

Lovely Masha-Allah, perfect for the summer too, :x

[Amanda]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hippy_mama/4268767152/
the start of my patchwork... one afternoon.... *mutters and walks off* !! :0)

[elaine]

im gna have to stop reading ur blog sis, makes me feel inadequate.. i cant even bloody wash up it takes me all day.. between baby n big boy.. nevermind sewing n the like.. im praying for some barakah in my time.. i need it!! x

[Mu Mu Design]

perfect for a pick-me-up in this blummin weather...

[Mu Mu Design]

I'm actually dead impressed with anyone who sews by hand! Excellent, can't wait to see it complete!

Honestly though get a sewing machine now if you can find any in the sales. I couldn't LIVE without mine...

[Mu Mu Design]

oh I dont wash up, the ironing hasn't been done since september (not joking) and the house looks ransacked. but sometimes you need just to forget that and DO something pretty. I mean, I'm writing this and the kids are killing each other and making noises pigs make at an abbattoir. I just have to zone out or i'd go bonkers

[Amanda]

yours do that too!!! so glad its not just mine!! ;0)

[Diane]

It's gorgeous! So cheerful! Take that winter!!

[Mu Mu Design]

yeah, ker-pow. It does really lift my mood. Which is a big deal. For me.

[Joan]

Looking good, very impressed...

[Mu Mu Design]

thankyou kindly. I always think patchwork squares is a bit of an easy craft, but quite like the way this turned out. PINK oh yeah

[Sabera]

Just spotted the cream fabric with the little flowers here:
http://neverenoughhours.blogspot.com/2009/12/cross-over-dress.html
So cute masha-Allah,
xx

[Sabera]

Oh I forgot, what's it called?

[Mu Mu Design]

yes it is very sweet masha'allah. I bought it yonks ago in such huge proportions then promptly found nothing to make with it...

[Mu Mu Design]

I thiiiiink it could quite possibly be Windham, but honestly I have forgotten. And it is yonks old

[Mu Mu Design]

WAIT I found it - Windham Fabrics Rhapsody
http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=99156

[Sabera]

Lovely! Have you bought from them before?

[Mu Mu Design]

no. i bought my lot from Z&S at the time

[Four Dinners]

I WANT ONE!!!!!!

But Maximus Spittimus will destroy it....:-(

Very beautiful though babe.

Very x

[Mu Mu Design]

thankyou. very girly innit

[fouzia]

lovely quilt!
whats that on the wall behind it though?? looks very nice

[Mu Mu Design]

embroidery hoops filled with fabric swatches! :)