A Very Special Patchwork Quilt

You may remember this post from January when I mentioned a quilt I was making for a gift and I gave you a little glimpse......

Well....now all can be revealed.....the quilt was a gift for my dear Uncle Brian.

With Uncle Brian's birthday (a rather big birthday) in January, I'd asked him back in October what he would like as a gift.  He knows I make quilts so I was thrilled when he asked me to make him a quilt to keep him cosy in the evenings when he's watching the telly.

I decided I wanted to personalise Uncle Brian's quilt by making it from fabrics that represented his hobbies, pastimes and personality. So I made a list of things I would like to incorporate. My list went something like this:

Fishing

Bird watching

Pets

Cowboy films

Cooking

Tea made in a teapot and served properly in a china tea cup!

A glass of wine

Catching the bus

Then I hunted through my fabric stash to see what I could find. I found quite a few patterns to fit the bill but needed a few more so I searched the internet and bought a few more fat quarters.

As the main focus of the quilt was the fabrics, the quilt itself would be simple squares that would show off the fabrics.

I laid the squares out trying not to repeat the same fabrics too close together. This was quite a task as I would swap two squares and then find another two fabrics close together!

I chose this fabric with birds for the backing.....

So here is the completed quilt........

Here you can see some of the fabrics a bit closer.......bird watching, fishing....a cup of tea...

Horses, teapots and a drop of wine........

More tea, biscuits, recipes and a cowboy....

Cats, catching the bus, fresh vegetables for dinner....and of course, more tea!

Here's the back which I think is nice and bright and cheery....

I'd embroidered a label for the back of the quilt.....

It was cold when we took these photos. You can see the wood burner's churning out some smoke!

I loved choosing the fabrics and putting them all together to make this unique quilt for Uncle Brian.

When I gave the quilt to Uncle Brian, he was thrilled....here he is tucked up cosy and warm....ready for an episode of Poirot or maybe even a cowboy film!

Of course I had to try it out too!

And to finish off this post, here's Spencer looking very handsome!

Thanks for taking the time to pop by!

Maggie xx