Friday, July 26, 2019

My first summer finish!

I finally can say that I have a finish this summer. I usually expect to have more time to quilt during the summer months as I am out of school but this year we have been BUSY with vacation and FAMILY! All good things!
I first started cutting out and sewing my medallion quilt in January 2019.
In February, I had the top finished and in June, I finally got it sandwiched before we left for the PNW. So now it is July and I got the quilt DONE! 
Here's is a peek at the planning that this quilt required. After drawing out the pattern on graph paper, I numbered each row. I then counted (and recounted) the number of HST of each color combination needed in each row. 
There are 276 HST in the quilt!
I started quilting in the ditch around each star with gray thread. After they were done, I continued the pattern around the ball of stars in white thread, 1" apart. 
When I finished straight line quilting, I wanted to add some FMQ in the stars. I drew up this pattern using a piece of glass and a dry erase marker. 
I didn't add the inner circles.
The backing is pieced from the Kona pink and gray used in the medallion and a pink and gray floral.  
 I'm calling this quilt 'Great Ball of Stars'. 
It finishes at 60.5" square.
 I'm linking up to Finished or Not Friday, Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop?, Friday Foto Fun and Favorite Finish Monthly Link Up



7 comments:

  1. Absolutely!...whoop!...whoop! I just hate how work life gets so much in the way of fun life. However, it is a necessity. Your new quilt looks amazing! I love the ball of stars. Pink and gray are always a great combination. Pretty choices for your quilting design. I just want to crawl into my computer screen and cuddle up with your new star quilt!

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  2. Fabulous finish with so many HSTs. Lovely.

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  3. This is soooo cool! Big Ball of Stars, indeed. Congratulations on a super, and original finish! :)

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  4. Gorgeous quilt! Love your quilting design, too. Congrats on the finish!! :)

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  5. I had to click on the link from Busy Hands Quilts to read about your stunning quilt. I'm so impressed with your design. That is a lot of HSTs. Your quilting is lovely.

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  6. Sew beautiful, Dawn!!! It's rather unexpected in pink and grey, which makes it look like a great big fluffy pink dandelion. Very thoughtful and pretty quilting, too!

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Sweet sentiments