Quillow is finished

 I was having so much fun with this quilt I didn’t stop until it was finished.

I quilted it each side of the road. Simple stitching.

Spending Sunday night sewing down the binding

It looks fantastic out on the grass. 

I just love this backing. I have had it in the stash for about 10-12 years. It is perfect for this quilt.

You can see a pocket with a zip on the back too. This is the pocket to transform it into a quillow.

I added the extra zip pocket to put some cars in it to take along and play with.

All folded into a cushion for easy storage and cleanup.

With the hidden pocket on the inside.

What is a quillow?

It is a quilt that folds and stores away into a pillow. Making it a QUILLOW.

And the 3rd good thing about it is that it is also a playmat. So this is a triple winner. 

Going to be a gift for my friends grandsons.

 

Another quilt started

 I am making a quilt for a little boy. A ROAD quilt to play with cars. I bought a die for the go cutter which made it so much easier.

Coming together nicely

I have decided to make it into a quillow with a pocket too. These are for the pocket.

Here are all the blocks made and layout decided.

No borders needed and the binding will be red.

Each block measures 10”. The quilt measures 50” * 60”. A nice playmat size.

Lap quilt link ups

This week over at Vals the link up topic is LAP QUILTS.

I have done quite a few lap quilts but I came across this photo of my grandsons watching TV and ready for bed.

They were curled up under my sons quilt and crocheted blanket.

This quilt was my first curved seam quilt and it was all done by hand. I think it was my 3rd quilt I had made. I made this in the year 2000. It was for his 6th birthday.

Unfortunately you can only see the back....

They are always using my quilts and I am so happy to make them, for them to be thrown about and then washed over and over.

Well I thought I'd get out the quilt and take some photos of the front

And here is a close up of the hand quilting. It is in the ditch around all the yellow roads.

I call this quilt ROAD GAMES.

My son used it all the time with his matchbox cars as a play mat and then as a quilt to cuddle under.

Here is another post about this comforting quilt.
http://jobutterfield.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/old-quilt-new-post.html

There are many other quilts here to look at......

http://myplvl.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/tuesday-archives-40-lap-quilts.html

OLD QUILT, NEW POST

Today I am linking up with Vals for her Archival Tuesday

This weeks themes are... Boys... BOM... WIP... & FINISHES.

That's a good range to choose from.

Here is my BOY choice. ROAD GAMES

Here is my sons quilt that I made him for his 6th birthday back in 2000.

It was my first curved quilt.

 I hand pieced it as well as hand quilted it.

It was only my 3rd quilt that I had done. I am still very happy with it.

Whenever we went anywhere we would take this quilt and a handful of matchbox cars. Then he always had something to play with and then keep him warm for his nap or on the car trip home.