23 + 50 = 18

Today, my elder son is 18, on the day of the 50th anniversary edition of Dr Who.  For a dedicated fan, there was only one birthday present possible from a quilting mother.

Detail

Back

Quilting on back, detail

Thanks to every designer n the Dr Who stitchalong who contributed their designs so generously.  Keeping this secret from April until now , in a small house, has been a challenge.

Keeping it a secret

The surprise quilt was finished last night n a mammoth session of hand-finishing the binding.  I can only show the back here for now.

One quilted square

Other quilted square

Quilted with Bottomline thread and a size 70 needle, 80:20 wadding.

Birthday postcards

A recent birthday brought a flood of postcards on my set theme, which was "Anatomy".  This was interpreted in many inventive ways, shown below.  Apologies for the formatting, sometimes I hate computers.

Bank holiday sewing

We were busy this weekend with our younger son's birthday swim and sleepover. (Why do boys of 11 in a group need to keep getting louder and louder until you have to be louder than them to get any response?)

After that , I needed to get to my sewing machine, but didn't have much time, so I used the scraps from my word block and from the birds quilt to make a quick postcard. I was a bit sceptical about fabric postcards when I first saw them, but I really enjoy making these when there just isn't enough time but when you NEED to do something with fabric.