it's done!

Today I finished up the queen sized wonky cross quilt I have been making for my sister- and brother-in-law for Christmas.  In my husband's family we rotate who we have for Christmas each year, and this year we have Denise and John.  Denise (my husband's sister) dropped a major hint that she would like a queen sized quilt for Christmas this year.  My first reaction was that I wasn't up for it, but then I thought . . . why not?

Denise and John are great and it makes me happy to make something for someone when I know that it is something they want.  She requested a quilt made up of different shades of blue and neutrals.  My plan was to make the quilt completely from fabrics in my stash (I have way too much fabric), and I was actually pretty successful.  I only bought 4 quarter yard cuts to kind of even the blues out since most of what I have is aqua and turquoise.

I have been wanting to try some wonky cross blocks for a while.  They are pretty easy and don't have much fabric waste, which was important because I was trying to work within my stash.

I am really hoping that they love it.  I did enjoy making it, but queen sized quilts are a lot of work.  They get really heavy!

I quilted it with random organic (aka not completely straight) lines.  Even though it takes a lot of time and is a little tedious, I love the texture that it gives a quilt.  Each column took me 45 minutes to an hour to quilt (there are 11 columns) and took at least a bobbin of thread.  The finished quilt is about 90" square.  

I was very happy when I remembered that I had fabric in my stash for the backing.  I bought this Moda 108" wide dottie a few months ago.  As much as I like a pieced back, it was nice to use one solid piece for a large quilt.  

This is the quilt after being washed.  It turned out so soft and crinkly!

I also finished up one smaller project today.  Yesterday I walked into Sew Modern and saw some Loulouthi velveteen in the remnant bin.  I almost squealed.  I even had the perfect voile at home to match up with the velveteen for some figure 8 scarves.  

My sister Carly is turning 19 at the end of the month and she actually lives in a place where it gets cold (Provo) so I thought this would be a good gift for her (of course I have enough fabric to make 2 so I am going to keep one for myself even though it is perpetually warm in Southern California).  I had my husband take quick shot of me wearing it today, even though it was 80 degrees outside.  

I am linking up with TGIFF over at Echinops & Aster.