Introducing A New Sleeping Friend.....

While I do adore Spring, I have to say I have been absolutely loving the drop in temperature of the last two nights, it's allowed me to spend some time snuggling in bed with my new sleeping friend....

There is quite a lot of seams in this and consequently it is quite heavy.  From memory the strips where cut 2.5's and there is 28 strips in total.  Finished size is 101" x 99"..... probably a bit big but I love how to draps over the bed, plus if I upgrade to a king size bed it still works.  I think I might hang on to this one.

Yes the binding is all sewn on the massive quilt, as Liesel reminded me all 400 odd inches of binding!  The original plan with the binding was to bind in the same fabric as the outer black / grey / cream fabric of Kaffes, however I didn't like how it looked with the pretty Liberty Lifestyle on the back.  So I decided to try something new and have successfully attached a facing binding (not too sure if this is the technical name) - the binding is sewn on as per normal to the front but pulled completely around to the back.  This gave me the same effect as binding with the outer border fabric, but allowed me the opportunity to have a more complimentary fabric for the backing.  I also did a slightly bigger binding - 3' cut.  I love it.

All of the front was strip pieced and totally random, however my a complete miracle and not for trying there is a bit of fussy cutting - can you pick them?

And lastly, something not quilty.  My mum is a very keen gardener and whenever she visits me from the Northern Territory she loves to "spruce" up my courtyard,



particularly with pretty flowers that simply struggle with the constant 35 degrees plus for 9 months of the year.  She is so clever she even installed an irrigation system for me so I have minimal chance of killing these ones!