Splitting Squares Quilt Finally Finished

I won the pattern for this quilt, designed by Anna from Quilting Along the Grain in a giveaway on her blog in August 2013 and decided that the Rain Basics Fabric I'd recently bought from Simply Solids would be perfect for the pattern, along with some Navy Kona Solid, also from Simply Solids, as the background colour to make a change from white.

The pattern was great, well thought out and easy to follow, and the top came together quickly - but here's my recurring issue - I had no one to gift the quilt to and so the top got folded up and left in a corner of my sewing room.

In July 2014 it featured on my first Finish Along list and has featured on each one I've done since then:

Last April I decided to turn it into a quilt for Siblings Together and as it was a bit small as it was I got out my stash of Rain and added a brick like border which took it to an acceptable size:

Then, you've guessed it, it got put to one side again. It went on holiday with me last summer where it was basted (good old Ikea Numbers for the backing), and then spent 5 months rolled up waiting to be quilted before I did it pretty quickly at the Leeds MQG November meet - diagonal wiggly lines in Navy Aurifil:

I decided that more Kona Navy would be the best thing to bind it with - and, after another 4 months, it was bound this week and is now washed, dried and waiting for a label. 

It's ended up at about 49 inches square so it's a little on the small side but I'm sure they'll be a little person at the Sibling Together camps this summer who this will be perfect for. 

I really enjoyed doing something 'different' in terms of using colour rather than a really patterned fabric and I think it's striking. Along with the navy background it's something I would do again. 

So that's another off my Q1 2016 Finish Along List - 1 very long term WIP and 1 quilt that was in progress but was in danger of not being done if it was left. Lets see if I can knock a few more off in quarter 2. 

Quilt Number 38