Well, it's been almost a year of the Vintage Sunburst Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and today I am so very excited to share my finished Vintage Sunburst Quilt ;) And here it is ;) And can I just say . . . I love, love, love it!!!
This quilt was made using the
6" and 12" Vintage Sunburst Paper Piecing Pads and using
Blossom Basics divided into Warm Tones and Cool Tones for the blocks and lots of assorted White on White scraps. I have to say, some of the first Sunburst blocks were a little wonky in the center, but I got better and better and lining everything up as I went along.
And didn't it just turn out so amazing!!!! This was a huge project for me that really pushed my paper piecing skills, but I am so glad I did it, because now, paper piecing doesn't intimidate me anymore. Yippee!!! Hence the
Dragon Fruit BOM so I still have a monthly Paper Piecing project to work on :)
When it came time to quilt mine, I decided on an overall swirl. I wanted to keep it pretty dense so that I could stitch down those bulky centers. And let me tell you, some of them were super bulky, I had to stitch slow and steady to get over them ;)
And my most favorite part of this quilt, is actually on the back!!! Remember how I was taking all of the paper piecing scraps and improv sewing them together . . . Well, this is it ;) I was blown away with how many scraps were created with this paper piecing project!!! That square is probably a good 25" x 25". Just wow, talk about an ode to the Paper Piecing Process. And ya know, it just makes me smile :)
And that is it for the Vintage Sunburst Quilt Along !! Wow, what a fun project this turned out to be. I am so glad I joined in, especially as I can now admit, I was super scared to start :)
So how about you . . . ready to tackle something outside of your "quilting comfort zone"?? I tell you what, it is sure great when you finish it :)
Thanks for popping in and sharing this super special finish with me ;) I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!
This is an Awesome Quilt! I do enjoy paper piecing; however, I had not thought to improv-piece the leftovers together. Very ingenious! I'm not good at improv so that will have to wait until I can figure it out.
ReplyDelete