In September, my brother married the lovely Jemma. Being a crazy person, I decided, having done a bit of patchwork, to make them a quilt. They are big hedgehog fans so when I saw this pattern,
Hazel by Elizabeth Hartman, I knew it had to be done. This is not a beginners pattern and I had a deadline. I decided I wanted to make the middle size which involved 25 (!) hedgehogs. This is because it turns out I have no concept of size expressed in inches. Like I said, crazy person!
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| Here are all the billions of tiny pieces all cut out and ready to sew together. |
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| Lots of little hedgehog faces! |
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| First almost complete hedgie |
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| All the hedgehogs! Not quite finished as they need their side spines added but now we can see all the different fabrics. I chose 8 different browns with a single show off turquoise one. |
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| Trying to work out a layout. This was a total pain as I was fussy about where they could repeat and where the turquoise one went. |
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| First row sewn together! |
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| All sewn up! |
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| All laid out ready for pinning together. The only bit of floor we have that's big enough is in Ollie's room. |
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| Quilting! I chose to do a spiral as it was really big and this way no more than half the quilt was under the machine at any one time. This took me two days!! |
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| Middle hedgie. Try to ignore the fact he looks like a target! |
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| Done! I'm so pleased with it! |
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| I love the way that, with the spiral, they all have slightly different quilting lines :) |
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| The back I love just as much. This is actually one side of a duvet cover and it matches perfectly. The turquoise hedgehog is made from the pillow case in the set. |
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| Detail of the birdies on the back. |
I love love love it and I'm so pleased I got it finished for them. Thankfully, they like it too! Next one will be a bit simpler.
Linked up with
Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish up Friday
