One of the benefits of not sewing Christmas presents during the holidays (I am assembling two things, but not sewing) is that I have time to do personal sewing.
And with that time I finally finished Isabel’s Trip Around the World quilt top!
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but isn’t it cool? Haha. I’m just really excited about this one. I’ve always loved this pattern and enjoyed sewing on each row, watching the colors grow and seeing each new fabric add a new dimension to the quilt.
It’s sort of a lot of work, but if you like this pattern I can tell you that the end result of your toil is very rewarding.
The finished top is 76×87. It’ll shrink more with the quilting. (My quilts are always 10% smaller than my original calculations, so now I draft larger patterns to make up for this. And I even prewash my fabric!) Hopefully it won’t be too short for her bed. My goal for a twin is for it to be 100″ long. And I have yet to get one that long. ha.
I was hoping for a thick fresh blanket of snow to be my backdrop but it's looking to be pretty brown around here this Christmas. This morning O looked out the window and, dismayed, cried, "Jesus, bring more snow!" So we prayed for snow for Christmas.
The quilt top has already served as part of a fort in its short life. I need to quilt this thing before we use it all up! 
Wonderful. It’s a very nix looking quilt already. What are your quilting plans? Any pretty designs?
Toot away, it turned out awesome!
How beautiful April…it’s truly gorgeous!!! What a labor of pure mama-love : )
That pretty white farmhouse, the rustic fence, the winter sky….your photography is pretty amazing too!
One word……GORGEOUS. I’m in love. The color combo is fabulous.
The quilt is beautiful!
April, it is beautiful! I love the colors and how you displayed it. I especially love (and miss) that house in the background. The photos makes me want to jump in my car and head north. Tell Olivia that cousin Ellen is praying the same thing. Unfortunately, it WOULD be a miracle if snow came during 68 degree weather.
Merry Christmas. We love you and miss being together for Christmas.
Wow! It turned out just great. It does look like a lot of work. So happy you are getting some personal sewing time. Not me. I still have Christmas gifts to finish up! Merry Christmas!