Here she is... this larger-than-I-expected beauty. I'm not sure why I was surprised at her size though. She's a brick house with 16" blocks.

Holland Breeze has blocks made for me by the {Sew} Beautiful Bee ladies in 2011. This finish is looooong overdue. For some reason, these blocks ended up on my UFO table, until a thought of warm cozy flannel crossed my mind.

I first saw Ruby in FLANNEL at the Fabric Shack almost a year ago. I guess it stuck with me because it was one of those moments where you sit up straight in bed in the middle of the night, "FLANNEL!", that I decided to use it.

Above is a shot of the flannel goodness. This was the first time I used quilt shop quality flannel. Let me tell you - it's a lot heavier than flannel at Joann's. This quilt is SO warm and solid. :) It's my new favorite of course.

My budget didn't allow me to spend more $ on binding fabric, so I ended up using the extra cutoff after quilting. I don't think I'd use flannel for binding again. Because it is so thick, it was a little hard to work with since I still made double-fold binding. (I remembered to put a tag label on this one. I am the world's worst quilt labeler....)

The boys have been using it as a tent, and it's nice since the 3 of them and I can all fit underneath it.
Squeaking this finish in before the end of the year. :)

Quilt Stats.

Name: Holland Breeze

Size: 66" x 89"

Design: Dutch Pinwheel - 16" finished block

Fabric: Ruby and Bliss by Bonnie & Camille; Kona in Ice Frappe

Piecing: {Sew} Beautiful Bee 2011 and Me

Quilting: LAQ Beany of Quilty Pleasures