Thursday, January 28, 2010

Breast of Friends - Finished!!!

Well - its all done - quilted and bound.
I have really enjoyed doing this quilt - wondering what the next edition of Homespun will surprise me with.  And having a deadline to work to (to send photos to Homespun by 31st January 2010) pushed me along a lot.
My apologoes to the designers whose blocks I changed and also for he changes I made to the layout.  But I have always believed that patterns are meant as a guide and an inspiration - and a little creative licence is only fair.  In particular I changed the Girls Weekend with the car - I used another design for the car from Lynette Anderson O'Rourke and I changed the wording - to "August Retreat" and the signposts point to the location of the retreat and away from home! 

Here are the individual blocks - in no particular order.

The House block


The Doves


Shopping
(couldn't resist the shoe buttons I found only last week)


Laugh Often


Tea with Friends



Balloons



In the car and one Rosalie Quinlan block



Friendlier with two



Hand of Friendship


Kindred Spirits


Off to the retreat


and the other two RQ blocks



and finally - the quilt itslelf!



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Absolutely gorgeous!

Vicki ♥ said...

Wow.....your Breast of Friends quilt has turned out really lovely. I love the colours and all the quilting and you have done a lot of work. :) Fabulous!!

Vicki ♥ said...

Actually it is better than the original :) Show the Homespun mag as I am sure they would love it too. It is really gorgeous!

Susan said...

Hi Susan just love your quilt. I am also one that changes the patterns as I go along. I still have a long way to go but am getting there slowly but surely.

Béa said...

Wow it turned very beautiful, love your changes.
Mine become an UFO but one year....