Cheating Block Quilt finished

The quilt I wrote about in this and this post is finished!  Looking at the completed quilt today from a distance, I was quite impressed.  At first I was afraid that all the colours was a bit too bold and that it outshine the embroidery designs, but I think the finished product turned out really beautiful.  My friend of 31 years and fellow quilter, Rika van der Merwe, says that it reminds her of Joseph's Amazing Dreamcoat.

The first grandchild's quilt is done although there is no baby yet.  But with my daughter, Megan, getting married in January, who knows....

Cheating Block Quilt - Post 2

The other 6 Baby animals: available at Ellen Maurer Stroh





Fox baby



Good luck baby

Hug girl

Hug boy



Polar Bear




Raccoon Baby





Cheating block quilt - Post 1

This project was started February 2011 by our 3 quilting friends, me, Annelie and Natasha after we completed the Beginners Quilting course under Hettie Pringle's (from Stitchingmatters) leadership.

I decided to embroider my pictures using these beautiful cross stitch designs by Ellen Maurer Stroh.  I could not believe my luck when I stumbled on her website a few years ago and the fact that it was available for free!  With huge copyright infringements, it is however not free anymore.

It took about 3 hours each to embroider with an average of 30 thread changes each.  It was however worthwhile.  Below are photos of 6 of the 12 Baby Animals I embroidered for the quilt.
 

Christmas Kitten Baby



Mouse Baby



Bluetit Baby



Turtle baby

Butterfly baby

Lamb baby