*111* No 1's quilt

When we moved into our new home the boys got new beds.  Big boys' beds.  

Big boys' beds which are still too small when your first born passes the 6'1" mark... but that it's a story for another time.

Today let's talk about his new quilt.

When I asked No 1 if he'd like me to make him one for his new room his reply was:  "if you want".  Given his age (15) and the raging teenage hormones I took that as a "yes mum I'd love you too" and got to work.  Delusional? Me?

It took a while.

Life got in the way.

Then I decided to do a lot of heavy quilting on it...

That took even longer.

And then when I finished it I didn't take pictures... and what you're getting today it's a bit of a mess.  Basically old photos on my phones and me chasing the light around the house with nobody to hold the damn thing up for me.

So... the bottom half looks like this:

The top half (upside down... just turn your monitor please...)

And when it's on his bed (bad light, messy room... you really don't know what was out of view... sigh) is like this:

Or sometimes like this (as you can see he doesn't mind which way it goes... #whydoIbother...

Or you can hang it crookedly from the top of the wardrobe and it looks like this:

I used all the blue fabric/scraps I had and it was a lot of fun to make.  I tried not to over think it and reign myself in a bit...

and for the quilting I tried to match the tread to the fabric... with a little of variegated fun thrown in the mix.  I like doing my own quilting but by the end I would have gladly paid somebody to do it for me.

Yesterday I bought wadding for three finished quilt tops...  watch this space.

 

 

Comments

[Christine]

What a fun 'real life', real quilting/family post.

[CJ]

It's absolutely lovely, well done you. Perfect for a boy's room, one of the nicest I have ever seen. I've just finished a quilt for my eldest, but to be honest I'm not sure it's really right now he's a teen. He was a lot younger when I started it... CJ xx

[driftwood]

very lovely. and yes. boys that grow. we had to buy our teen boy a king size bed. he sleeps diagonally across it. it may be some time before he gets a new quilt for it......