Although the top was pretty speedy to put together, it took me three tries to get this quilt basted. Since basting is one on my least favourite things, it was more than a few months between attempts which delayed the process of finishing this up.
I'm really happy with how it turned out. It's a great size for a couch quilt and it definitely captures the essence of the nights I spent last year sitting on a beach in Panama looking at the stars with one of my very best childhood friends. This is a quilt where every fabric was chosen for a reason and has a meaning. I really love when that happens.
I started off by quilting in the ditch. After realizing that that didn't give the quilt enough pizzazz, I decided to do three "rounds" of echo quilting inside each star. It really made the quilt come to life.
Final Quilt Details:
- Quilt Name: Star Light, Star Bright
- Finished Size: Lap Sized (approximately 48" x 64")
- Fabric: Lizzy House Constellations, Pearl Bracelet, Outfoxed, Grunge by Basic Grey. Backing fabric is Architextures by Caroline Freidlander, Martha Negley tree Rings and Sail Away by Sarah Jane and others.
- Pattern: White Star Quilt by Julie Herman in her book, Skip the Borders
- Quilting: Stitch in the Ditch and Echo Quilting for Stars done be me.
You may have wondered how this California girl managed to get quilt photos in an snowbank. If you follow us on Instagram, you may have seen that Kelsey and I were back in Manitoba last weekend for a family event. It was wonderful and way too fast but we sure froze out butts off in the -32 degree weather (that's -25 Fahrenheit). I'm really glad to be home!!
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Beautiful and thoughtful quilt! The echo quilting really highlights those stars. The back is lovely too. I love the boats floating across the bottom!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilting!
ReplyDeleteMerrilee Rogotzke
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visiting from crazy mum quilts. I love love this and the three rounds of quilting in each star absolutely makes this pop
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. Love how you quilted it. Those stars really stand out!
ReplyDeleteLove this Amanda! I'm such a sucker for star quilts! The echo quilting looks fantastic, and the fabrics... sigh, just perfect :)
ReplyDeleteI love it!! :) It turned out beautifully!! Here's my basting hint....find a library community room or church community room that has tables you can push together (I wish you were closer, you could use my classroom!) then using painters blue tape, tape your quilt to the tabletop and baste that way. It literally changed my basting life! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really beautiful! And bleh, I agree with you about basting. Hate it!
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