Monday, June 24, 2013

(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.


8 comments:

  1. This is absolutely fabulous. When I made mine, it took about the same amount of time. I told people all they need was fabric and about 9 hours! Yours is beautiful.

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  2. I love it! Mine is sitting on the 'to be quilted' pile! Hope to have it on m bed by the Autumn! Love the colours you have used.

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  3. Just beautiful!! Congrats and so glad it's for YOU!

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  4. Coming over from the Blog Hop - I'm LOVING this!

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  5. Congratulations! You are weakening my not-going-to-Swoon resolve... I really, really love the colors you chose. The pops of orangey red really make it.

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  6. This quilt is lovely! I'm sure you will get plenty of great use snuggling under it :)

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  7. The quilt is beautiful! The colors are so calming and inviting. So nice to meet you via the hop.

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  8. I'm visiting through the blog hop. This quilt is definitely 'swoon' worthy. Lovely work!

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