Finally a Showing

I made this quilt for my brother's daughter. It was a surprise, and so I couldn't show it to you when it was finished. But now that she has it, I can.

 Many ideas were contemplated, but I finally landed on the Ohio Star for her quilt. I made nine stars that finished at 12 inches and 4 that finished at six inches. And then, just for fun, some small 4 inch stars in pink ombre fabric, for a pop of surprise color.

Here it is, all quilted. I decided to do an all over square grid on it and the texture came out perfect.

 And, it's tough to see, but the centers of the stars are quilted with another star.

A fun backing completes the quilt. It was very well received.

I found a shot of the stare within a star quilting so you can see it better. And that's a wrap on Christmas quilting. Happy Friday my friends.

Friday Finish-Times Two

This week's Friday Finish is not one, but two quilt tops. I have a friend who is having fraternal twin boys this summer, and rather than wait until the last minute, and since I have so many other quilts in progress, I hurried these along. I hope to get them quilted soon.  So here they are:

 I wanted to use up some scraps I have had from another baby quilt from about 10 years ago. And since the family lives in Ohio, of course, the Ohio Star came to mind.  I also wanted the quilts to be different from one another.  So one became very scrappy, with a small Ohio star on it.

And the other became a nine patch with 5 larger Ohio Stars on it.  I just need backing now. I am going to try and pull it from my stash if I can. I have until late July to get these quilted, but I am thinking sometime in the next few weeks it will get done. They shouldn't take too long to quilt. And I just found out that another good friend is expecting identical twins. Here I go again!! Hope you have a great weekend. Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts.

Seeing Stars...WIP Wednesday

So I have all of a sudden decided that I really like stars in quilt blocks. I mean, I always did like them, just never wanted to make them. But then, I saw a quilt in the Modern Bee book by Lindsay Conner. I wanted to do a small quilt, about 38-40 inches square, for above my fireplace. The December quilt, Triple Star was perfect for this. Except it wasn't quite large enough. So I added another row.

 Three stars finishes at about 16 inches, so I did a whole bunch of measuring and math and finally figured out how to make one more round. And this is the result.

 I love these colors and they are ALL from my stash. I used Pearl Bracelets, Confetti Dots, Squared Elements and Metro Circles. I did run out of Kona White and had to go buy a couple of yards. I use it in so many things.

 Once I chose my colors, I poked through all my scraps until I found this sweet chair from Laurie Wisbrun's line. Perfect. I have consulted with my hubby, who has been very adept at helping me to figure out quilting pattern ideas lately and have a plan in mind. Hopefully I will have something finished to show you soon.

My next star project started out by making some Ohio Stars for a couple of baby quilts. I had these large-ish scraps in my stash from a baby quilt about 8 or maybe more, years ago. I love bright fabrics for baby quilts. So I am going to see how many of these stars I can make before I run out of fabric. Then I will figure out a design layout. Hope you are having a great week. Talk to you soon. Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday.