My first quilt - my inspiration for my latest quilt

I loved the possibilities of the pattern of this quilt and took ages finding the perfect colours to make the design work for me. I loved the non traditional christmas feel of the quilt and fell in love with machine embroidery. I have an amazing friend who taught me to machine quilt (and later introduced me to scrapbooking and card making) and I have been hooked ever since.

I am busy quiliting a 'matching' quilt that will go really well with this quilt. I will be posting it as soon as it nears completion. I have quilted the design heavily and the first picture shows this.