The lovely lady in question reads my blog (waving to C!) & has now received her pressie, so now I can show you what I made her!
C chose the French General layer cake, quickly eliminated the dark browns, which left me scratching my head for a suitable design.
Granny squares seemed appropriate, and with a little extra yardage thrown in, the lap quilt came together lovely, with some leftover squares for a matching cushion!
I did however sneak the rejected 'browns' into the back!
So glad you like your quilt C! Enjoy!
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Jude xo
Beautiful gift! French General fabrics are always so cosy and comforting looking.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty :)
ReplyDeletewhat a pretty quilt and pillow. I like the sneaky way to use brown, too. I must remember that for next time when I have to use brown :)
ReplyDeletegreat quilt and what a bonus a cushion too, back also very nice, I rather like the brown fabric
ReplyDeleteit worked really well x I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with red and never feel satisfied with my choices x you did well with these x
ReplyDeleteI made a french general quilt for a friend last year and liked the soft colours. The brown piecing on the back works great too.
ReplyDeleteLove the sashing, it makes the quilt so light (hope you know what I mean) ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow! I love the sneaky brown on the back - fab idea. Gorgeous pattern for the reds you kept - I'm sure it's going to be loved!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt and I love the way the brown works in the back.
ReplyDeleteOh this is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLovely job!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful and it's always impressive when the back is also so stunning x
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