S is for Suzanne

Once I’d made the quilt for my Nanna, intending it to be a Christmas gift, I also thought that making a quilt for my Aunty Suzanne – my mother’s youngest sister – would also be a good idea. Again, like Nanna’s quilt, I used a pattern from Quilter’s Companion magazine, although I changed the colour (from the pattern’s bright carnival look to a mixture of green and purple hues) and block pattern (the blocks with appliquéd letters were originally embroided balloons, something which I’m not confident about doing). Also like Nanna’s quilt, the quilt size was a square 52inches – more like a lap quilt than for the bed.

The design was very simple, lines of wonky star blocks (themselves comprised of 9 squares each) set between lines of simple 9 patch blocks and squares with the letter ‘S’ appliquéd on in blanket stitch. The appliquéd letters were made from oversized printouts using the letter S in different fonts (via Word), then traced onto vliesofix and ironed onto fabric of choice, then cut and ironed onto squares of cream coloured fabric. Again, I quilted in the ditch – lines across rows of blocks – and quilted repeated lines on the border fabric.

The end result came out well and I know my Aunt was impressed!