Finally a finished quilt!

Yep I have finally finished my Pinwheel Sampler Quilt, yay!

I am honestly so glad to have this finished. I was getting kind of sick of it lying around in my sewing space! And I am guessing you are all sick of the sight of it too! Don't worry only these last two photos and then you don't need to see it anymore because I will be busy snuggled up under it trying to keep warm!

So here it is!

(Ignore the lack of sun and the waterlogged garden! They do not make for very pretty pictures!)

The front....

And the back...

  

(How fantastic is the new flickr upload thing! Love it!)

 I think I may have decided that ALL my future quilts need to be backed in flannel... it is just so much better for snuggling under!! And no its not puckered in real life I think thats just the quilt attacking me with help from the wind! (I know there is no label... I am debating whether to bother because I like the plain flannel backing.)

The quilting started as big diagonals and then evolved from there. At the time I wasn't all that happy with it but now that it is finished I really like it, so alls well that ends well!

I know I have said this before but I made this following Rachel's Pinwheel Sampler Quilt Along so if you want to make your own go here for the quilt along posts.

I am also linking up to Rhonda's finish-a-long as this was on my quarter 2 list. My first finish too! Yep I am that slow!

I did lots of sewing in my two weeks off, (ie all my time was spent on stitchy activities but I am still a total slowcoach so I don't have very much to show for it!) meaning that this got finished and my dress is getting there. You will all be pleased to know I'm sure that I finally decided to jump in and chop up my pretty fabric so that is a good start. I am hoping to have the dress finished soon... 

I also went the the Abakhan preview sale with my sister last week and picked up a bit of fabric! Did anyone else manage to get any bargains?!