Pieced Scrap Border Quilt – finished

A few weeks ago we had a dryish day and we went up to visit my mum and eldest brother to chop wood and stage a photo shoot with a couple of finished quilts.

They have a large and beautiful garden, great for the children to run around in and explore:

So while they did that I stood holding up the quilt:

You can read a bit more about this quilts progress here.

I bought some yardage in Randi’s sale a month or so ago with the back of this quilt in mind.  It was brilliant value, working out with shipping costs at just over £3 per yard!

So I pieced together some of Lizzy House’s Outfoxed prints (bright green Jewel in Outwitted, Foliage in Outwitted, Tufts in Outwitted and Foxglove in Outwitted).

I machine stitched the binding to the front of the quilt and then hand-stitched it to the back, I had a it of time spare to do it and I do prefer a hand-stitched binding.

Not leaving it quite to the last minute I designed a quilt label, I had some injet cotton fabric sheets (from here) and printed onto that. I then hand wrote the details on with a permanent fabric pen.

At the weekend we went to Joanna and David’s wedding and gifted the quilt to them.  They had a quick peek at it and I believe they were delighted but they have now left the country for sunnier climes so won’t be needing it just yet!

Quilt Stats:

Made for: Joanna and David
Size: 55″ x 65″
Fabric: Scraps from my own collection and others from  Johanna, Cindy and Kerry.  Better Value Cotton White from Seamstar.  Binding – Rings in red by Khristian A. Howell from Desert Daydreams collection
Quilting: Quilted by me on my machine, stitching 1/4″ from each seam line and then a cross hatch across all the blocks.
Batting: Hobbs Heirloom Wadding Natural 100% cotton with scrim
Pattern: Pieced Scrap Border Quilt by Red Pepper Quilts – tutorial here