whole cloth quilt
More than two years ago I made this super easy whole cloth baby quilt. I loved its simplicity and planned to make a lap sized one just as soon as my to do list got a little smaller and I had more time on my hands. Yes, I can be funny like that :). Of course that time never came.
Until now, that is. About a week ago Anna (Noodlehead) blogged about whole cloth quilts she made for her daughters and I simply couldn't resist any longer. Thankfully I had all the fabric and batting on hand so I got to work right away.
I think the combination of buttery soft Anna Maria Horner voile with Carolyn Friedlander's quilting cotton and one layer of Warm and White batting makes for a perfectly wonderful lightweight summer quilt.
I used Perle cotton #8 to do chunky straight line hand quilting along each column of flowers. I love that I didn't have to mark quilting lines - for some reason that's my least favorite part of making quilts :(.
I decided to finish the quilt by rounding corners (I used a plate as a template) and attaching striped binding cut on bias. I've always been a huge fan of striped binding and I absolutely adore how well it finishes this super simple quilt.
Most of all though, I love that it's being played with and dragged around the house already.