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Brandwood .....


this is for Susan , she asked for this post way back in March 2015 and yes ........ it has taken until now


so you remember way back here i organised a Nine patch block swap.  
well Susan asked me what i did with my block's, well with most of my block's i created  Brandwood. A gift for my sister for her Birthday.

I enlisted My Niece's 's help, they took sneaky photo's of my sisters bedroom so i knew what colours to choose and it turned out easy Purple (my favourite colour ) and a soft  green. so i choose a lovely reproduction purple with the assistance of the fabulous Cath and we were away....



Brandwood was pinned to the wall and over a period of time (about three months approximately ) it was slowly pieced together, i have many many photo's of the progression of the quilt and Mt T created  a lovely slide show for my sister showing the journey that her quilt travelled.


the design for this quilt was inspired by a quilt created  by the fabulous cardygirl. It's a simple on point design featuring both nine and four patch blocks. and had three borders. The quilt was about 86" x 86" completed.  I wanted to create something very traditional and i think Brandwood achieved this. 


this apparently is the only photo i took of this quilt with only the top completed.  The lovely Cristie machine quilted Brandwood for me. The quilt was gifted to my sister on the 1st of June 2014. I believe it is very cherished and i hope it will be a family heirloom.

My Niece was so thrilled with it that i was requested to make her a quilt for her recent wedding

Ciao

Googy Girl




Comments

Anonymous said…
its beautiful Lea,what an awesome gift for your sister xx
Susan said…
I've been very slack with my blog reading lately so just as well I looked today! You did a wonderful job with the nine patches, love the layout you chose, and I am absolutely certain that your sister loves it. Thank you!
well about time you got this one up..........
the quilt looks great.......so pleased it is loved.........
Deb R said…
looks gorgeous, need to put my together sigh...on the UFO list :)
Elyte said…
A beautiful quilt and a very special gift.
Jenny said…
That is a beautiful quilt Trish

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