The main purpose of the trip to Mom’s (other than to visit, of course) was to FINALLY quilt my red and cream quilt for my bed. It’s been ages since I’ve made a quilt for myself – I think the most recent one was my gnome quilt, which was finished a little more than two years ago.

It’s not like I have a shortage of quilts, but the majority of them are lap quilts. The two quilts I have been sleeping (I like them layered) are closer in size to something you’d put on a single bed. Dave and I don’t share blankets at night, so I don’t need a big quilt. But – when I make the bed, it does look a little silly to have quilts that don’t quite cover it properly. For a while now, I’ve really wanted one that hung over the sides far enough to reach the top of the bed skirt, and not show any mattress.

So… as you know, I bought some fabric from Moda’s French General line (This one called Bonheur du Jour), and set to making blocks for the Jubilee quilt.

The fat quarter bundle I had worked out perfectly for 16 blocks.

I got some yardage of one the red prints, and alternated between that and the background cream fabric (which I buy by the bolt) for a couple borders.

I’ve said it many times before – I love the combo of red and white (or cream in the case). And this line has such wonderful deep, rich reds. There are a few beiges thrown in. And flowers in a wonderful French Provincial style (one of my favourite decor styles)

The backing fabric isn’t from the French General line. It’s actually from Connecting Threads (called Faux Damask), but as you can see it was just perfect for the quilt.

The quilt finished up at 88″ square, so one of the biggest quilts I’ve made. (I believe the biggest was 90″) Mom doesn’t have a full-sized table for the long arm, so making bigger quilts is a little harder… we manage it, but it’s one of the reasons you don’t see a lot of quilts bigger than lap quilts in our shop.

But enough about the details, I know you all want to see how it looks on the bed?

It’s absolultely perfect!!! (And will look even better when reno the room and get rid of that wallpaper!!!)

It reaches right to the top of the bed skirt (which is now trashed thanks to a certain ginger kitty…)

And of course, it’s 100% kitty approved!!!