Mouse's I-Spy Quilt

Back in January, the Mouse and I pieced some I-Spy quilts for charity, at my friend Renske's farm. Here we are, the four charity quilters, posing with what we were able to complete that first day.

Mouse brought hers home and finished piecing the rows to make a crib-sized quilt, and I added the green border for her. It was then handquilted by an acquaintance of Renske's and donated to a charity Quilt Auction this spring.

A couple of weeks before the Auction, Mouse's quilt was on display, along with others destined for the same auction,  at a local museum. Here she is pictured standing in front of it.

It was auctioned for $350, and the full amount will go to charitable relief efforts! Yay Mouse! Way to go! What a great accomplishment for such a young lady. I'm very proud of her!

Update on cottage quilt

I said I would post a better picture of my Thousand Pyramids quilt, made for our bed at the cottage, so here it is!

I'm still happy with the scrappy look, and I used a number of fabrics with a cottagey theme, like cabins, bears and wood grain, etc. I let Barry pick the backing fabric, and he chose a gold flannel, so it's nice and snuggly.

With this quilt, I've finally fulfilled my goal to "Sleep under a quilt I've made myself", since my other finished pieces were twin-size or smaller.

I liked the triangle pattern, and would like to make another some time. I saw a great quilt in a quilt store, where the upright triangles were all a dark brown batik and all the down-pointing triangles were bright batiks. It looked like a wonderful jewel box of colour! I've also seen a pyramid quilt done in blue and white only, which was quite striking. So much inspiration, so little time...!!!