Sunday 8 September 2013

Flying the nest

On Thursday Jenny and her boyfriend Nathan moved in to their new home.  There are now only two of us left at home.

Now, I am ok about all of this.  She needed her independence, she is nearly 20 and was still having to share a bedroom.  She is only half an hour down the road and her job is still in Tiptree, so she will be popping 'home' for her lunch (although I won't be here during term time). I think I have the best of both worlds.

Anyway, she wanted a quilt - a specially made quilt for her new home and she & Nathan chose the pattern a while ago: 'stacks of colour' from a jelly roll quilt book.

 I had joined  up for the scrappy strip swap at FQR so I knew I would have lots of different scraps - I wasn't disappointed with any of them. And some are my own scraps too
 It really was one of the easiest quilts that I have made, although I had to do a slight pattern adjustment as the pattern called for 21" strips (to be cut in to 3) and the swap was for 18" strips.
 Jenny was also very insistent that it was backed with a fluffy, fleecy backing - we have one like this at home and it is the most used quilt.  This quilt measures about 60 x80" and Primark happen to do a blanket that big for £10!!
  I love the colours in this quilt - it is so bright and cheerful and the quilt is so soft and cuddly.  It is already being used
Because of the big fleecy backing machine quilting was never an option, so I just did some quilting around each block in these colours - and it came out perfectly
Not only has Jenny flown the nest, but these two have left as well.  They are so adorable, but it was time for them to go: as they have got more active, my asthma and allergies have progressively got worse :-(  But they are soooo cute


14 comments:

  1. LOVE the quilt. Fleecy backing will make it lovely and cuddly for Autumn and Winter!

    ReplyDelete
  2. What a lovely leaving home gift! The colours are brilliant and so is your hand quilting. Love the perle to match.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I love your quilt, it is just so colourful and fun. And I bet with that blanket on the back it is nice and warm. Your house will seem bigger now, nice that she is still so close by.

    ReplyDelete
  4. It is hard when they leave, hard when they come back too. And they do!

    ReplyDelete
  5. new beginning can be fun .. and a bit scary ,so having a big comfy blanket to get wrapped up in will help.. now you just need one for you xx Hope the kittens have a warm home as well x

    ReplyDelete
  6. Hope they're all settling nicely into their new home!

    ReplyDelete
  7. A lovely snuggly quilt! Congratulations Jenny and Nathan, hope they enjoy their new home :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. It's lovely and your hand stitching is perfect.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Glad she hasn't flown far and what a lovely quilt to have in their first home.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Beautiful 'home away from home' gift xxx

    ReplyDelete
  11. I hope you aren't suffering from empty nest syndrome yet! the quilt is beautiful and always a compliment when a quilt gets used lots!Jxo

    ReplyDelete
  12. Beautiful quilt and quilting. I hope that J & N will be happy in their new home. Di x

    ReplyDelete
  13. It's a lovely quilt Catherine - the perfect house warming present!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Looking fantastic! Both of them! What will you do with all that extra space Catherine??

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to leave me a message