This one was a labour of love – possibly my favourite quilt of all time, it took a fairly long time to make, but it’s utterly gorgeous, and I almost didn’t manage to give it away. But then two of my best friends went and got married, and it seemed like the perfect wedding gift (about 2 years after they actually got married – I had to make up for the fact that at the time all I bought them was a nice set of towels…)

First you cut all the strips up…

And iron them…

And lay them out in an interesting order

And stitch them all together

Checking out my colour palettes

Then cut them up into triangles

And lay them out in the right order

It always gets so much smaller when you stitch it all together!

Now time to stitch on the padding and backing

Quilting diamond shapes over the top

Finished!!!