Saturday sewing results...a Ruby quilt top

I spent all day yesterday finishing off my Ruby quilt top.
 

I. AM. IN. LOVE. Seriously, I absolutely love how this is looking. I used Oh, Fransson!'s Crazy 9 patch lattice pattern, sizing it up to make this a lap quilt. It's measuring about 58" x 73".  I LOVE the blocks and I LOVE the fabric. Even Himself loves this one, and didn't complain once when holding it up for the pictures. Record!

 

I pieced most of the blocks one Tuesday evening and sang Ruby Tuesday to myself throughout (narrowly avoiding shattered window panes for our house and our neighbours' houses too) and the name just stuck in my head. I used a layer cake of Ruby, plus 3 large scraps of Bliss to bring it up to 45 10" squares, and the blocks work out at 8.5" (before piecing).

I have some Klona Ash grey ordered for the back from Pippablue in Galway (my new favourite fabric line, brilliant value and extra wide...love) and have 2 leftover crazy blocks to piece into it. It should arrive tomorrow and I am looking forward to getting it done (assuming I don't succumb to a threatening chest infection....I am so sick of being constantly sick this winter. I blame the air conditioning in my office).

In the middle of all that piecing yesterday, myself and my little lady did a bit of practice sewing. Keeping her finger away from the needle was harder than anticipated. Particularly when she thought her Fireman Sam gloves offered magic protection and stuck her finger right under there. Eek! So I managed to persuade her to go off and play by promising her a purse of her own:

Perfect for storing moshi monsters and fairies.

Cute owls on one side, cats on the other. Possibly not my best piece of sewing ever, but I am the best mammy in the world ever at the moment!

Hope you're having a lovely weekend :-) 

Linking up to {Sew} Modern Monday and Manic Monday.