Friday, January 10, 2014

Houndstooth Plaid


Houndstooth Plaid

It's finally DONE.

Meet my beautiful "Houndstooth Plaid" quilt.

Houndstooth
Houndstooth quilt
(notice my way cool neighbor's Neil and Rita's amazeballs backyard.  Rita collected "road kill" hubcaps off of the streets and freeways of Long Beach for years and has them all proudly displayed on the back fence.  Please pardon the distracting dappled sunlight.  This was the best I could do!)

This quilt has challenged me in so so many ways.

It's not a HARD quilt.  It's actually fairly straightforward and simple (it's 6.5" squares) but lawd almighty it was a study in tenacity.  I wanted to give up several times.  It's rather tedious (no pretty fabric to pet) and accuracy is a must.



And I love it.

Like true love.  Like wanted to keep it and stroke it and roll up in it.

But all along it's been a gift for my little dude.

And I gave it to him on Christmas and he was stunned.

It's just a tad bigger than queen size (here it is on my california king bed)
houndstooth plaid quilt

houndstooth quilt

So it's perfect for his 6'7" frame.  And he loves it. Which at the end of the day is all that matters.

One last look.  Because, well.  Yeah.


(I will be writing a tutorial for this eventually.  And I will be making another one.  Maybe with turquoise.  Because I love turquoise!)






Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

13 comments:

  1. Vroomans' QuiltsJanuary 10, 2014 at 4:56 PM

    Oh, this is just gorgeous! I would have trouble giving this one away too.

    ReplyDelete
  2. nanboudreauJanuary 10, 2014 at 5:11 PM

    It is beautiful and perfect, I am impressed.
    Nan

    ReplyDelete
  3. GinaJanuary 10, 2014 at 7:17 PM

    It's beautiful! I love it! Congrats on finishing it!

    ReplyDelete
  4. BethJanuary 10, 2014 at 8:13 PM

    Love it. Is that a striped binding? (Hard to see)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. KennaJanuary 12, 2014 at 5:09 PM

      Beth it's actually a houndstooth print border :) I had it in my stash!

      Delete
  5. MimiJanuary 11, 2014 at 6:32 AM

    Very pretty. I have made two of these but just in two colors (background and houndstooth). I can't imagine trying to get the plaid effect out of it, but it turned out fabulous. .....AND, I have only made baby quilts. I commend you.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Michele Manning MayoJanuary 13, 2014 at 7:09 PM

    Love!! Want the pattern!

    ReplyDelete
  7. no_ideaJanuary 23, 2014 at 5:42 PM

    I just love it! I would line up for the pattern :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. ultraorganizedFebruary 5, 2014 at 2:33 PM

    This is beautiful - great work and tenacity -- looking forward to the tutorial too #!|

    ReplyDelete
  9. Heather AlversonMay 4, 2014 at 3:02 PM

    Looks great, can't wait for the tutorial!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. KaHollyMay 22, 2014 at 2:54 PM

    Wow!

    ReplyDelete
  11. TracyOctober 17, 2014 at 9:07 PM

    I love this!! I first saw the idea on Pinterest. Did you use a pattern? Have you done the tutorial yet? I have been wanting to do this as a fall/winter project.

    ReplyDelete
  12. knitnutOctober 30, 2016 at 7:52 PM

    This is a great quilt. Did you write up the tutorial ? Or is there a pattern? Thanks so much. I love it!

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for reading my blog and leaving comments....they seriously make my day. Please make sure you are not a no reply blogger so I can comment back! :)

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)