From Layer Cake to Quilt Top

I am thrilled to have accomplished this during the school holidays. Quite a bit of it was done last Sunday, while Luke took the kids to the park, and I finished it last night.
I love this fabric (Chez Moi - Charisma), and the layer cake made this so quick to cut up, so that I could get to the fun part - the arranging. Here is a close up of some of the squares.

This quilt is to go on my lounge room chair - a tub chair that I bought second hand, which has less than attractive upholstery. I need it to be slightly larger than it is, but was aiming for the look you get when you just finish off with binding. I think I will give this a thin outer border and then bind it in the same fabric.
First I have to shop for just the right red fabric, or perhaps a green - but I will not be doing this with 3 little people in tow - I will wait until “normal programming resumes” next week, when the older two are back at school.

October 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 am
its lovely!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:30 am
Well done Claire,
it looks great!!!
If it were mine, I’d probably do a thin border with the green and then a larger border with that dark pinky/red…..but I love red….so……
Looking forward to seeing what you choose.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I LOVE it! I had some of this range arrive today from Fat Quarter - it is sumptuously beautiful fabric, and I’ve been daydreaming all evening over what to do with it! How are you going to quilt it? Do you know, I still haven’t tried the free motion on my new machine - what a coward hey!