Finished Quilt!

I did it!

Finished my second quilt!

Last year I made my first one - using a bag of scraps of Great Barrier Reef fabric that a friend gave me.

I gave this one to my younger daughter - but still had a full bag of even more scraps. Finally now I've evened things up and both my daughters have their own quilts made by me!

Neither of the quilts are perfect - both have some fish that decided to swim upside-down, but they are made with love and are hopefully something they can both keep and use for many years - a keepsake of their years growing up next door to the Great Barrier Reef itself!

I love the fact that a bag of scraps and offcuts like this...

Can be turned into this..

The quilt is for my daughter's single bed - but it's nice to lay it out on a larger bed to see it all!

I used a purple flower knit fabric for the backing:

The purple colour tying in nicely with some purple fish and coral on the front:

I'm so happy to have finished this project that has been waiting for  months!!  and also proud of my second quilt.  I've still a long way to go with my quilting skills, but at least I've made 2 now that are well loved (I think) look good!

I don't think I'll be making another big quilt for a while - but would like to practice on smaller projects - perhaps some mug rugs?  

Do you have any small quilting projects you can recommend?