Tag: confetti stars
Almost home
  
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My three quilts are almost home. They hung at the Pe Ell Quilt Show over the July 4th weekend but they still have two more stops to make before I get to sleep under them.
In two weeks they hang again at the RDQG Quilt Show, then a month later they hang at the SWW Fair.
Confetti Stars got best comfort sized quilt at the Pe Ell show. That’s nice!
Eva’s Confetti Stars
I’ve got the majority of the body put together. I need to cut blocks to fill in the edges. I need to get baby quilt (non-flammable) rayon batting and some pretty pink and green or purple and green flannel for the back. I won’t add borders. This is supposed to be a drag around quilt as she gets older so there’s no point in getting fancy or “heirloomy”.
Quilted and pretty
Here’s Confetti Stars, all pretty and quilted. I’m really happy with this pattern.
I think I need to make one of these big enough for our bed. I like it!
Eva’s confetti stars
I have had to find a new vendor for template cutting and in the process of getting templates cut I’ve had to retest some of the templates. Because the Confetti Stars is cut from strip sets, and because I hate to waste material, I’ve elected to take the testing down a productive path. Baby quilt!
I saw my friend Rachel at Safeway Thursday. She’s got a new baby girl she and Travis have named Eva. If I can get this finished and quilted little Eva will be able to sleep under the stars!
Skimpy Border
I’ve got a Guild Board meeting tonight. If Karen’s there I’ll pass this quilt top on to her. It really needs one more border, maybe a 3″ or a bit wider. I don’t have anything in my stash that will work. The quilt came out really nice. I love working with batik and the pattern looks complicated but is actually a quick sew.
Last bits
I’m down to the final bits on this sampler. I’ve got all the partial blocks cut for squaring up the top. I still don’t have a plan for the border. Once I get all the assembly done I’ll dig through my fabric to see what I can find that appeals.
This pattern only work with batiks. The long narrow points will get lost in a heavier fabric.
Starfish
It’s rainy and dismal today, so the colors in the photo are muted. This is a decent sized test of the Starfish” block. I’ll have to come up with a more representative name, maybe “confetti stars”.
There are enough blocks to make a small comfort quilt, depending on what I add as a border. The finished size of the blocks is ~38″x~40″. I may have enough background fabric scraps to make the necessary half-blocks to fill in the outside edge. The three blocks on the right end will have to be used as filler blocks.
The blocks for this quilt go together amazingly quickly because the fabric is strip pieced before the blocks are cut.
I think I would like this pattern better with a dark background, but then we all know I prefer dark background quilts where the bright colors can really pop. One of the dark fabric I used as pinwheel fabric is a blue/black that would be perfect. I’ll have to keep an eye out for more of that fabric.
Wood quilts
Fraser Smith carves beautiful wood things, including quilts. I love his stuff. I’m so intrigued by his stuff I have to try to replicate a few.
This quilt pattern is one I’ve been working on for a while. I’ve figured out a way to strip piece it. It goes together amazingly fast but is definitely an advanced pattern as Y seams are a must.
The is a test of the strip piecing method of constructing this pattern. The background for this test is leftover backing from the Ichthy bog coat. The pinwheels are scraps from my stash.