(malibu barbie) Swoon

It's finished! Yay!!! Last night, I put the last stitches into my Swoon binding and tossed it into the washer before I went to bed. After putting it in the dryer before heading off to work this morning and - ta da - she is finished!!

And she is mine! This is the first quilt I have ever made with the intention it would go on my own bed so it is a real treat having it finished. I started calling it Malibu Barbie Swoon when I was making it because the colours in the blocks reminded me of the Malibu Barbie I had back in the, errr, 1970's (shhh, don't tell my kids, they think I'm 29!). She had an aqua swimsuit, a bright yellow towel, straw-coloured hair, and of course an orange skintone reminiscent of that other 70's miracle product, QT (a self-tanner made by Coppertone). That pretty much explains the colour palette for this quilt.

The sky is really grey this evening so the colours don't show up all that well, but I think you can see what I mean about the whole Malibu Barbie thing.

This was a great quilt to make. Each block took about an hour to cut and piece but they are huge blocks and it only takes nine to make the whole quilt. I made it last year during the Swoon-along over on Flickr and had it to the machine quilter over the summer but it set it aside in order to work on other things. I am so glad I pulled it out and got it finished. I'm thinking I would be interested in making this again, but in a scrappy version; the ones I've seen are just gorgeous.

Hoping your Monday was a good one.

e.