My 'stars upon stars' quilt is back from some longarm quilting treatment. Leeanne from quiltmekiwi sprinkled a bit of fairy magic to help me get this quilt over the finish line. She suggested 'peeling good', a delightful E2E panto, with an overall look similar to the orange peel with its interlocking rings/flower petals.
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... and the binding is on 💕
#partyinthequiltback
'Stars upon stars' was my favourite quilt from Jolene's new book "a year of quilts". Using stars are a great design element, they are incredibly versatile with those strong diagonal lines. The colour play options really are endless. And, I think Jolene was very clever in the designing of this quilt👍
For my version, I used a scrappy mix of dark prints in caramel, rose, coral, orange & browns. The nine patch blocks are mainly in a selection of lights & mediums in peach, pink, light browns & cream, all creating a soft but interesting (= busy) background effect.
I found a 16 patch St Louis quilt top in the wardrobe that I used as my backing. It was made up in a scrappy selection of pinks & peach with a little splash of blue, very vintage looking to my mind and looked so pretty teamed up with my stars.
I sliced things up a bit and added a few asymmetrical pieces to get it to a suitable size.
For the binding I used 'plaited' from AMH's fibs & fable collection. It's a fancy stripe and the pretty raspberry/pink colours work in so well with both the front & back of my quilt. Quilt measurements: 64" x 82"
For the binding I used 'plaited' from AMH's fibs & fable collection. It's a fancy stripe and the pretty raspberry/pink colours work in so well with both the front & back of my quilt. Quilt measurements: 64" x 82"
until next time,
Linda
that is pretty - I love stars!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty quilt without being too sweet. I love the small amount of gold and lemon yellow in the prints and raspberry binding finishes it beautifully.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt, so sweet and feminine!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty, Linda. A sight for my sore eyes. I am currently trying to design with a depressing collection and I needed to see your darling quilt. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteThe backing is almost as spectacular as the front. Good idea to uses already made tops as backing. Helps to reduce the backlog.
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I love star quilts and this one is so refreshing, an interesting combination of colors. Great idea to cut up and add to another quilt top for the backing. I have never done that.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, Linda! Congratulations on another beautiful finish - and what a fun back!
ReplyDeleteAnother fabulous binding choice. Peeling Good is one of my new favourite designs.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful finish for a gorgeous quilt. Great to see it in all its glory!
ReplyDeleteAnd the backing is perfect and can be used as a changearound sometimes, too.
Pattern and your colour choices are both beautiful! I love what you've done with the backing, good use of older tops which you no longer feel the need to quilt, perfect backing layout.
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