A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
a quilt was made for a boy by his loving mother for his eighth birthday!
This quilt was made using the Plus Quilt free tutorial @ For the Love of George. This project was started in March and you can read a previous post about it here.
I used all of my bought-over-the-course-of-twelve-months-with-this-project-in-mind-fabric but the quilt wasn’t quite large enough to pass as a snuggle/lap quilt.
(You can see this in comparison to my daughter’s Cotton & Steel Quilt below.)
Thankfully I was able to find a matching tone-on-tone red “Pebbles Blender” fabric to use as a border and binding to bring this quilt up to a respectable size of 46″ x 60″.
I found this great black and white print for the backing which I think helps counteract all that colour on the front!
I have managed to keep this quilt a secret from my son and it is now hidden away until his birthday in a few weeks time. I hope he will love it!
This finished quilt is my October goal for a Lovely Year of Finishes.
Deb 🙂
Goal Link up #13 @ Fiber of All Sorts
Lol. I know a little boy who is going to love it!! Well done Deb!
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Love your intro Deb, you’re a very creative writer, as well as a Quilter, colours are very vibrant , red border just perfect, it’ll be WOW from Lucas on his birthday.
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Love it and I am sure he will too. Good on you for managing to keep it a secret
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8 long years ago in a town far, far away, one Lucci was born, a brother for princess Nicci…
You know the rest of the story!!
It is a beaut Star Wars creation Deb. We love it too. HnA.
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Great finish Deb, and kudos reaching your goal! Mine may be down to the wire…
Seems to be the way I roll lately..
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Congratulations on your finish. It’s a really cool quilt and I’m sure he will love it.
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Lovely little plus quilt. I’m impressed that you managed to keep it a secret from your little guy. Here’s hoping he doesn’t read your blog! LOL!
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Being the mother of a Star Wars fan, I can guarantee he will love it. The question will be which side goes up most often! I do love that shiny red. Congratulations on meeting your October goal.
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Secret birthday sewing over here aswell!! I am sure your son will love and treasure this quilt. Isn’t it great to be able to cover them in handmade mam love?!!
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Lucas will use his physic powers and be transformed to a ‘galaxy far far away’ when he first sees this magificent quilt! Please have the camera ready dad(yes nanna!!)to capture his amazing reaction! Great work as always deb and given from a mother’s heart to her son. xoxo
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How did you manage to keep it a secret?? Well done, mom!!! Great quilt – he is going to be over the moon!!! You really scored with that backing fabric!!!
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Nice Star Wars quilt, I bet he’ll love it. Congrats on your finish.
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