Friday 17 April 2015

My Swoon Quilt is Finished, Ta Da!

     I'm very happy to share that I finally finished my Swoon Quilt and here it is!




     Dwight and I took it out in the backyard to take a picture.  I'm holding the quilt.  It's 80' by 80" so I had to stand on a rock to get the whole quilt in. I was originally planning to quilt it myself but it's pretty big to handle with my sewing machine and in the end I sent it out to be quilted.  Here's a close up of the quilting.




     Another reason I sent it out is because I decided to put the Swoon quilt into our Guild show at the beginning of May.  This is my first finish for the 2nd Quarter of the 2015 finish along.  The original post is here.


     Look what we found out in the yard.  I guess Spring is finally here.



     I'm linking up to TGIFF which is hosted this week by Maartje Quilt In Amsterdam and at Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts .



16 comments:

Ruth said...

Congratulations! I've only 3 blocks made of mine. Yours looks fantastic and I love the back lighting coming through the quilt in your photo!

Lorna McMahon said...

Wow! What a great big beautiful finish! Such a beauty!

Sue @ Quilting the Green Star said...

Hello, just visiting via Crazy Mom quilts. The colours of your fabrics are just like the crocus in my garden against a blue sky. I love the clever colour balance in the blocks too.

Karisma said...

Hi! Found you blog from Crazy Mom quilts! =) What a beautiful finish! I love the blue background. =) Thank you for sharing!

Janine said...

I'm a sucker for a Swoon quilt and yours is beautiful.

Maryse said...

Good for you, your quilt is beautiful! Well done Lisa!!

Cheryl said...

Beautiful! I love the blue background you used, it goes perfectly!

Gemini Jen NZ said...

Gorgeous work! Well done!

Preeti said...

Lisa, Congratulations on a fabulous finish. Gorgeous colors and your work is so neat.
I have the same problem since I am 5'3" and many quilts are taller than me. I make Paul hold them and I take the picture.
And thank you for your sweet comment on my Life's Embrace quilt.

Unknown said...

I quess this means that I need to get mine done, your turned out beautiful. You set the bar petty high

Lisa J. said...

You will get yours done Cyndy, and it will be beautiful.

Linda @ kokaquilts said...

Such a lovely finish! I really like your colour combo, and the quilting compliments your quilt beautifully! Linda

Kaja said...

Congratulations on a lovely finish. I like the idea of you standing on a rock - made me smile.

Unknown said...

Congrats on this finish! What a beautiful colors.
Thanks for linking up at the TGIFF
Love from Amsterdam.

Eileen In Stitches said...

Absolutely gorgeous! I just bought fabric to do this pattern for my grandparents, yours is a lovely inspiration.

Iris said...

Looks like a Winner to me! Great colour combo.