Friday, March 21, 2014

Celtic Solstice, Quilt 1

I participated in Bonnie Hunter's Celtic Solstice mystery quilt that started last November.  I was going to make a king sized quilt.  I made 121 blocks and started piecing the top together.  Then I lost interest.  It sat for a while.  Then I decided I didn't like the quilt enough to make it for my bed.  So it sat some more.

After my son moved into his own apartment last month, I decided to make the Celtic Solstice blocks into 2 quilts for the bunk beds in his old room.  I finished the top bunk quilt top this morning. 

 
The top bunk quilt is 57 1/2 inches wide by 84 1/2 inches long.  I used 40 of the blocks for this top. I think it needs a blue binding to balance all that yellow. The quilt for the bottom bunk will be 8 by 7 blocks.  The inside of this quilt is already put together, but I need to make more triangle units for the outer border.  I will have 25 blocks left over, so I'll either make a baby quilt out of them or donate them to charity. 
 
I'm glad to have a plan for these blocks since I spent hours and hours piecing them.
 


 
 

4 comments:

Sheila said...

It's beautiful! Love your fabrics : )

Rachel said...

What a fun quilt - it looks like it was a LOT of work. I'm glad you're finding ways to use those blocks!

Angie in SoCal said...

What a great rendition of Celtic Solstice. Love your fabrics!

Dane said...

I love love love this quilt! Exctly my colors, I think i HAVE TO make my own... sometimes lol
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