Anna's quilt

Thank goodness this is finished! And in record time, too. Took me only two years from the first block to the last stitch of the binding...

Now that it's done, I couldn't be happier about it. But there was a lot of doubt and annoyance along the way. When I started the 10 inch blocks with all my scraps, I thought that this chaos looks horrible. (I paper pieced them by the way, and my dear friend Alison had the brilliant idea to use the pages of a phone book). But once they were joined, it all came together and made sense. And then came the quilting. Oh my, I nearly lost my nerves over that! Somehow, my machine kept jamming and I ended up with missed stitches and sometimes even a giant amount of thread on the back. I had to rip it all out. I gave my machine a good cleaning and what do you know, it went off without hitch. It is quilted with white thread on the top and orange thread on the back.

For the backing, I used this IKEA fabric that I had bought a while ago (not sure if they still carry it). I thought it fit, since this quilt is going to a sweet little girl!

And now it will be boxed and shipped of to Minnesota. I actually started this quilt as a gift for the daughter of a friend, to make the transition from crib to big girl bed easier. Yeah, that was already a while ago, but now I hope it'll keep here warm on those cold Midwestern winters...

The only thing that I did not manage to do with this quilt is emptying my scrap containers. Somehow, there are still so many of the left, so I might have to make another one...

I'm linking up with crazy mom quilts. And with TGIFF again, this week it's hosted over at What a Hoot!

I'm also linking up for the first time ever with Megan of Canoe Rigde Creations for Sew Modern Monday!