A wedding present

A wedding gift for a former colleague and his new bride.  Matt and Astrid were married on the beach in Hawaii back in May of this year (yes ... I am definitely a little late with the present). 

This is actually the 2nd of two 9-patches that I made at the same time.  The first one was also my first attempt at straight line quilting on a lap quilt (I had only done pillows up to that point).  The first one turned out OK ... there were definitely some learnings in it; I am much happier with how this one came out!

The washed quilt meausures ~50" x 61".  My inspiration was their ocean-side wedding ... with greens, browns, sand and even a little light blue to represent the ocean.  The finished squares are 2" for the smaller squares and 6" for the larger off-white squares. 

The straight line quilting went about twice as fast this time.  In part because I just got better and in part because I used my cabin machine with the built-in walking foot instead of the add-on.  I am really happy with how the 'grid' came out on the back.

I used Kona Sweet pea for the piecing on the back and for the binding.

All the best

Lisa