Cheery quilts for snowy days

Good morning.  Hope you are warm, snug and cosy.  I'm a little damp having been to and from school, dog walking and then swimming lessons with Katie - but I'm feeling lovely and warm.  We got our snow which is making me very happy.  We managed sledging, walking and snow-men making over the weekend and we all had a lovely time.

Today it is snowing quite heavily but since it is terribly wet and coming down sideways I don't think it will lie very well.  Given how very grey it is outside I thought it would be fun to brighten things up with a catch-up on quilts I made before Christmas.

First up is the Wish Upon A, Wonky, Star Quilt.  I love making wonky stars and started making some of these blocks before Christmas 2011 with the intention of making winter place mats.  But, really, I'm not sure mainly white place mats are a very good idea.  So they have a happy new life as a quilt - once I'd made the quilt decision I added in the red block and the mixed red and blue block to give it a little more something.

It is quilted quite densely, in places at least, with random zig zags across the width.  It gives a great overall texture and the uneven effect I was looking for - I felt it needed some more wonky-ness to go with the stars. A blue patterned binding (Amy Butler I think), with a touch of Westfallenstoffe moon and stars from the back, and a pieced green, white and blue back (which I'm rather less happy with but it is a bit late to do anything about that now!).  It measures around 140 cm by 140 cm (55 inches square)......I think, but I forgot to measure it before taking it to Peter Potter Gallery.  Oops.

And the second quilt is The Adventures of Red Riding Hood.  I pieced a load of strips of some favourite red, pink and purple girly fabrics and had such fun I didn't notice how long it was getting - much too long for the width.  So the linen border adds a fair bit of width and not too much length.  I wasn't sure how it would look but I think it works pretty well.  The linen is super soft and there's quite dense straight-ish line quilting so it has a lot of texture.  The back is, mostly, a favourite Ikea print which is, again, very soft.  And the binding is another Ikea print - mostly red with a hint of green and white.  Guess what?  I didn't measure this one either bit I think it is roughly the same size as the wonky stars........will have to do better next time.  It was taken to Peter Potter Gallery too.

Hoping you are having a lovely Monday and best wishes for a great week.