Lab it up

on Christmas day, I promised my sister's husband a quilt. I finished the flimsy a couple of weeks, or maybe a month, ago and finally got it out and basted, quilted and bound last weekend.

He just phoned to let me know it had arrived and couldn't remember that I had told him I'd make one for him. It is a lap quilt, measuring 69 x 52 inches and depicts their dog, Fred and the kangaroos he used to want to chase.

I'm a bit embarrassed that the colour scheme is not very soothing, but the thought is still there. As usual, I quilted the label information into the border, rather than attaching a label. You need a mirror to read it from the back.

Linking up to TGIFF at http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/2014/03/tgiff-charley-harper-meets-superior.html

WIP Wednesday and a Friday finish

Percy's back

Whoo hoo. I finally finished quilting and binding the peacock quilt last week. This weekend, I gave it a wash and............ colour bleed from the orange!!!!!! Washed it again with Dylon Runaway which mostly, but not completely, worked.
This one will be off to Canberra next week.

Proud Percy

My other finish was a rag rug for the back landing, made from op shop sheets. I've already started another one with the rest of the sheets, but these colours don't go with anything in the house. They do seem to work with the peacock!

WIPs that I'm working on are a lap quilt for my sister's husband (with their dog Fred on the front)

Pattern from the Quilters' Cache website

Two WIPs and one finish

and the APQ Tone it down QAL. I've managed three block so far. They are very time consuming and I think the cutting takes longer than the piecing! No work has been done on my low volume squares quilt, even though it has as little purpose as the APQ QAL. Perhaps it is because it is boring piecing.

Block three - See the photo above Fred for all three finished blocks

The black lab applique is from the Quilters' Cache free block patterns at http://quilterscache.com/AlphabetizedListPageA_F.html I think the muzzle is too thick for Fred, but it will have to do.

Anyway, off to do more block for the QAL. Happy Wednesday and Friday. Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced http://www.freshlypieced.com/2014/02/wip-wednesday-back-home.html, tgiff http://www.quiltmatters.blogspot.ca/2014/02/tgiff-rainbow-beaver-mug-rug.html, Finish it up Friday at http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.au and anything goes Monday http://marelize-ries.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/anything-goes-mondays-48.html