A Finish : Thumbtacks

... Because the British term "Drawing Pins" doesn't really work as a title I don't think! Here it is... I made it using a semi-stack and whack technique, because I realised that triangles really need the extra seam allowance to piece back together again! This will be for Popular Patchwork in the summer. I'm working on another design too so I can post two at once.It's so nice to be able to share a quilt finish this year finally! Here's the back so hopefully you can see the quilting better. It's small enough that it was quite easy to do on my machine. I did a sort of orange peel shape pattern in the narrow border but I don't think you can see it too well on these pictures. This quilt is shown washed by the way, for full crinkly effect.Here are some hare tracks on the way to take these photos (just a short walk from our house)... tomorrow a chinook is coming so hopefully we will be starting spring once and for all and all this snow will melt.Next plan for today is to draw out my design for my Festival of Quilts (Calgary not Birmingham) entry.STATSSize – 55" squareNumber of blocks – 36 plus bordersTime to make – About 11-12 hours with the quiltingFabric – Kona Ivory, plus a FQ bundle of Les Fleurs by Rifle Paper Co for Cotton + Steel.Backing Fabric – 3m of some kind of $9.99/m muslin printBinding Fabric – A floral print from Nomad by Urban Chiks for ModaThreads – Piecing with white Wonderfil Konfetti on a cone. Quilting with Isacord in Muslin.Batting – 80/20 Hobbs Heirloom.Quilting- Alternating direction freehand straight line stitching across the blocks. Walking foot lines in borders, orange peel leaf shapes in the small blue border.