First finish for 2013 and a win

All finished!! :)

I made this quilt for a friend who has been our neighbour for the last 30 years. Late last week she moved to a retirement village and the quilt is a gift for her new home.

The setting of the blocks is based on that of the Blogger's BOM quilt on Jackie's blog.  The 8 outer blocks are all nine patches, there are 4 Ohio star blocks and for the centre block I used the instructions from Sarah Fielke for the last Blogger's BOM block .

I pin basted the quilt and used Sharon Shamber's basting method with 2 boards.

When I machine quilt I usually wear gloves so I can grip the fabric. At this time of the year (and particularly this year!) it is too hot here to be wearing gloves. I remember reading recently on  Diane Gaudynski's blog that she uses a Neutrogena hand cream.

This one works really well!!  You only need to use a tiny amount on your hands to get a great result!

I did all the quilting with a walking foot. Stitch in the ditch around the blocks and a small design in each of the outer triangles.

Here is a view of the back...

Late last year I was very lucky and won the Quilter's Gallery Blog Hop giveaway on  Monica's blog :)

...and there's more!!!....

Twelve patterns from Miss Rosie's Quilt Company, 2 magnets and a key chain! I think there is going to be lots of quilt making for me this year!! :)   Thank you Monica!