wilting over quilting

We're having some unusually warm weather here in London at the moment, so the subject of this post seems a little inappropriate for the time of year... Having said that, as I've been ill for the last I-don't-know-how-long, I have been snuggling under my most favourite quilt ever - affectionately known in the family as the 'ill quilt', it is the quilt in which one wraps oneself when one is ill. My mum made it when I was little, and I remember sitting on the bed with her while she sewed the hundreds of hexagons that went to form it.

I've never made a quilt myself, and I would really rather like to have a handmade Vixie quilt which I can wrap my babies in, when I eventually have them. I've got a few years yet, but it may well take that long to complete it!

To encourage myself into designing my perfect quilt, I've been pinning like crazy...

baby quilt via Jane Sorenson // quilt via Teighla Thaharn // quilt via Liliana Tello

quilt via Michelle Johnston // quilt via Jessica C // quilt via Nanette Scofield

quilt via Elise Menz // quilt via Wendy Bryett // round quilt via Lolo M

quilt via Mindy Groom // quilt via Dana // quilt via Sandi Lewis

Have you ever made a quilt?

Any tips?