Heartstrings Quilt finished!

Yesterday I finished a large String Quilt and it is now ready to be taken to New Zealand in January.
It is a gift for our very special friend Liz who has a special birthday coming up on 15th January,
We will be in NZ to celebrate her 70th birthday at a lunch party in a nearby café overlooking the beach.

I made my first Heartstrings Quilt back in April when we were in NZ and Liz admired it so much I decided that I would make one for her birthday.

 

Here is the quilt I made in April

 

 

And close ups of some of the blocks:

 

 

For Liz's Quilt I decided to use a solid centre strip in each block so that when the four blocks are put together to make a whole block the solid strips form a diamond shape:

 

The colours are actually a lot brighter than they appear in these photos.  Taking photos indoors on a dreary December afternoon in the UK doesn't work very well.  I hope to take better ones when we are in NZ!

Here's the finished quilt:

 

I am pleased with it and happy I managed to finish it before Christmas, otherwise I would have been rushing about like a mad thing before we left for NZ in the New Year.

 

I love making String Quilts - I am sure I will make another one next year.

 

This is my last quilt finish for 2015 so may I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

 

 

 

STEVEN'S SPIDER WEB STRINGS

I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED "STRINGING" STEVEN'S SPIDER WEB QUILT AND HAVE BEGUN TO QUILT THE BLOCKS IN QAYG METHOD.  THERE ARE 20 BLOCKS AND I'VE FINISHED QUILTING FIVE SO FAR.

(the center KITES are all music, math and engineering related as these are his interests --and the
STRINGS are various colorful prints with some of the same themes...this will be his "Going Away to College Quilt"; hard for me to believe that in 2016 he will be on his way.....tempus fugit for sure!)

I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season and get some time to "STRING THING{S} ALONG" ;--)))) here.

Hugs, Julierose, La blageuse