The one where I finish a quilt...

And proceed to show you many more pictures of it than is really necessary.

Just indulge me for a little while, K? ;-)

I finished my Giant Granny Square Quilt! Yey! Go me! (And go Long Arm Chris too, because she quilted it!)

This is easily the biggest quilt I have ever made. Its a little bit excessive really. But Giant Granny did what Giant Granny wanted. And she wanted to be a reeeeeeaaaaallly big quilt.

I had been thinking for a while about what to do with my many many rainbow charm squares. I think I'd been in 3 or 4 different rainbow charm swaps, because you know, who can resist a good rainbow charm swap?! And then it dawned on me I should probably actually have a plan in mind for them.

I think it was KJ who suggested giant granny squares. Because she's all clever like that. And what a clever idea it was?! The blocks came together so easily and so quick, it was actually a lot of fun to make. I organised my charms into a colour wheel, weeded out some of the more horrific ones, then made sets for each block.

The background is Weave in Coal, from Lu's first line, Summersville, which you can still get in Lucie's etsy shop. Btw peeps... have you seen the preview of the second summersville collection??? Its got purples in! I like to think Lu did that just for me.

I think this print works great as the background because it ties everything together. Yes, the colours don't pop as much as they would had they been against a white, but I really didn't want to go with white. I figured there was enough colour in there already so it probably needed toning down somewhat ;o)

From a distance, it just looks like a semi solid grey - but close up you can really see the pattern. I love the way the grid changes direction where the sashing meets the bias cut triangles.

Oh yeah, my Dad took that picture of me when I was taking that picture of the quilt. Thanks Dad.

And the quilting? Well, that's one of the best parts I think. I've been obsessed, OBSESSED, with bubble quilting for like, a couple of years. I wanted it on my Brit Bee Quilt, but it wouldn't have suited the pattern as much as the baptist fans did. So yeah, I asked Chris to do bubbles on this one, and she did them good!

I LOVE how they look on the back. The orange thread on the Aqua Dotties backing. Swoon! I was so worried that they would make the top look crazier than it already is, but they actually don't stand out as much as I thought.

I can't wait till Winter when the nights are cool enough to have it on my bed! I had a test snuggle on the sofa last week and I think its gonna be a good one :o)

Quilt Stats - Giant Granny Quilt!

Size: approx 88" x 88"
Fabric: Millions of Rainbow charms + Summersville Weave for the top 

Aqua Dotties extra wide for the backing

Annie's Farm Stand - Pixie dot  for binding

Pieced by: Me
Quilting: Bubble Play by Christine Marriage