![]() I had to get some photos while there was still reasonable light, as it’s going off tomorrow to my niece. The eagle eyed among you will observe a few pins still in the binding as I had not at that point quite finished stitching it down. It’s not my most immaculately made or quilted piece, but it’s perfectly personalised and tailored to its new owner. It’s done, despite a number of delays and obstacles in my path, and I’m very happy with it. That’s how books are supposed to end, isn’t it?Īnd that’s how the story of the Bookcase Quilt is also going to end. Already it has kept her cosy in her first chilly Sydney winter… This little 60 inch square quilt is intended to have an interesting life on her bed, on her lap, on the beach, on picnics, and perhaps sometimes doing duty as a yoga mat. Obviously, the design has evolved between the fairly dull paper original and the end result □ ![]() If you zoom in a lot on the image, you’ll be able to read titles on the orange and white ‘Penguin paperback’ spines. ![]() I’ve managed to incorporate a number of her own possessions into the finished quilt, as well as book titles she’d read as part of the BBC Big Read. She has a wonderful blog called The Unlikely Bookworm, and writing, books and reading form such a huge part of her life that the theme for a quilt for her was a total no-brainer. This quilt was made for a niece who’s living and working in Australia just now, having fallen in love with the place on a previous visit. Although it’s another original design, I already have one there, and this one is just small enough to fit into the Small Quilt category in the Festival. Another entry into the Blogger’s Quilt Festival for 2016, which you can check out by clicking on the link, or on the button to the left.
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