I made a Quillo

 It was one of my grand daughters 13th Birthday so all year I have been making a quillo for her. Sent it last week and she is very happy with it. 

I think it was last year, or the year before, no just checked 2017 lol,  time disappears so much, that I started the patchwork, and now finally  finishing the Muddy Garden Quilt by Lyn Anderson.

 So many pieces to cut out first and ended up each block looks like these above. 

Then it is a case of ironing on the different fabric cutouts using vliesofix, a fusible paper for applique. The pattern also called for doing buttonhole stitch around each one, I chose a fancy zig zag on the machine, and only hand buttonhole on the pillow part on the back of the quilt.

It is hard to see the zig zag, but I made the quillo 2 blocks wide, and added the border of each colour. The back was in a burgundy fabric I had, which I washed 4 times till the dye stopped running. Hope it doesn't cause a problem in the future.

I embroidered her name on the front and mine and date on the back. with the printed label that came with the kit. 

 The biggest problem was folding it up into the pillow placed as one of the squares on the back, so pre warned dad to check out a couple of videos. When I queried him after they got it in the mail, he replied he was a quillo master by the time they had to refolded it. Sent me a few photos also with huge smiles on my grand daughters face. My family don't like the children on social media but cut this one to show the actual pillow, being cuddled by a happy grand daughter. 

Miss J and quillo.

So it is on to the next one, and the current grand daughter who comes here to help me is next, she will turn 12 in March and be starting high school next year. The dilemma is so is Miss J's ( above picture) brother, so looks like 2 to do. It will be a first to make for a grandson who is also into scouts and camping.

The sweet peas are outdoing my picking this year. I have 5 stands of them, but cut a huge bunch for the Community Garden this week and sent in some limes as well for the market table.

Our garden is coming to life and the new roses are starting to flower. They look wonderful so very  pleased with them.  

The first of the bluebells and freesias are also blooming not up to the standard of their Victorian cousins but they came from mum's place originally and remind me of home so much. 

My first injection was successful, as yet noticing no difference, another fairly chilly week early morning, but Spring is definitely in the air. Started quite a few seeds off both for the Conmmunity Garden and mine. 

The Pantry is still a work in progress while I wait on more containers, hopefully next week will finish. 

So much work to do now the days are nicer, like painting the above verandah grey, only 2 years behind in that. Oh Well. 

Till Next Time.