Swooning Picnic :: A Finished Quilt

Oh Yah!  This is a pretty fun looking quilt, don't you think?

Swooning Picnic Quilt Top

I just loved quilting this one.  I haven't hand quilted since the first quilt I made for my husband. 

I loved the peacefulness of sitting on the couch and using perlé cotton embroidery thread.  Honestly, I hadn't used it before and I got my inspiration from the wee pixie. 

Doesn't the rooster look even cuter all framed with the quilting?  I think so.  

Here is the backing, simply pieced with four large squares meeting in the middle (almost).

And because stripes just make the perfect binding, I couldn't resist. 

Swooning Picnic Quilt stats:

 80" x 80"

Pattern by Thimble Blossoms, aka Camille Roskelly, titled Swoon

Fabrics: DS Quilts for Fabric Traditions titled Picnic & Fairgrounds, Alexander Henry's Farmdale, Kona Cotton Snow

Perlé cotton in various colors

Warm & Natural Batting

*This quilt has been donated to a silent auction for a friend of mine.

SHOP UPDATE: a Fat Quarter set 14 prints of Picnic & Fairgrounds

 is now available in my SimplyMaeShop on Etsy. 

Lindsay