Hopscotch Daze

  

Finally its finished.......yay!!!!

I first saw this quilt in Bloggers Quilt Festival 2012 by

Happier Than a Bird by Lindsey Gustafson 

I knew this would be perfect for my little granddaughter and I was excited to get going

on it........ what little girl can resist hopscotch ....... right!! So hubby and I sat down 

and nutted out the pattern and off I went. It has 

taken me about 15 months to complete but it is done now just in time

for GD's 5th Birthday.

 

 I have added flowers, butterflies, lady bugs and birds, her favorites and

traced her hand prints and appliqued them on.

I used blanket stitch on my machine for the applique and did a 

scrappy piano key border. This is a great quilt for using up your

scraps, I just grabbed all my bright colours and off I went.

I machined quilted this on my longarm, I stitched in the ditch around the hopscotch and 

numbers then did an all over free hand for the background. I got the idea from

Angela Walters Book "Free Motion Quilting" the design I used for the background

was called "Flower Power".

I am really happy with how this has turned out

I just love how bright and cheery this quilt is, I know that everytime

I look at this quilt it puts a smile on my face and hopefully hers as well.

 

 

Love this angle, you can see the great texture the quilt has.

 And the best photo of all 

was that as soon as she opened her present

she laid it out and started playing........heart melts.....love her to bits.....so gorgeous!!

Have a great Day!