the slowest ever quick charm square quilt

quite some time ago (6 years..... maybe) I bought a little charm pack of fabric thinking it would be fun to make up a simple and quick quilt.

piecing the quilt took not much time at all, I went for the simplest design possible with huge areas of white sashing.

for a variety of reasons the quilting took rather longer......


my little helper for one.
and choosing a backing fabric.
oh and straight lines that weren't straight.
then once I'd finished it I decided the lines weren't enough and went back and filled in some more...

and then the next stumbling block. I'd used a charm pack. all the fabrics matched from one designer and colour range. I never work like this. I normally sew with the children's old pyjama's and random fabrics that I like/have in the house/got given scraps of by a friend....
I tried for months to find some more of the fabric, but could only find one of the designs and I didn't think it would make a good binding. I dithered about using a plain colour, or some of the backing, or just using white.

in the end I remembered the golden rule "when in doubt go for spots."

and finally it was finished.

just in time to become a birthday present.  I'm not going to admit how long it took me if I'm asked......