It looks great. I hope it keeps you warm.
Originally Posted by
MagaQuilt
Thimblebug, your penguins are so cute 
Thanks for sharing!
I have finished my "quilt" I started at the week-end and I have washed it just in time for a cold spell we are forecast here over the next couple of days. Hope our feet will appreciate the extra warmth this will provide. Here are the pics:
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Before wash and
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after.
Not a huge change in the wash - had hoped for a little more fluff up between stitching lines but that might change over time.
I know this sounds like sentimental claptrap but this is actually the first "quilt" I have made where I have felt any connection to quilters past. It is funny how it has turned out to look very much like one of the quilts we saw in Lampeter this autumn at the Welsh Quilt Centre:
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and it is similar in construction to the ones made using tailor's cloth samples.
Originally coming from a country with no quilting tradition I have not felt anything but an admiration for the women who made quilts in order to keep their families warm but making this has somehow changed that and added to the feeling of belonging.