It is Week 6 of the Happy Quilting Marathon and this week we are going Patriotic. Isn't this Seeing Stars quilt just so fun in beautiful red, blues, whites, and tans. Just stunning. And I had so much fun mixing all of the background fabrics in this one. It was a little out of my comfort zone, but I just love, love, love the way it all came together!!!
I used a Fat Quarter Bundle of Minick and Simpson's Northport prints. These are harder to find prints now, but Minick and Simpson and always making a new beautiful patriotic line!!! (Love the new Belle Isle!!) I started by separating the light prints and the dark prints for the backgrounds and the blocks. I was basically doing a play on a low volume background, just using all of the "low volume" prints from the bundle ( or at least the lighter ones :) I was a little nervous at first, but like I said, I just love the way it all came together!!!
And when it came time to quilt it, I decided to just go with a simple loop d' loop. It is always fun to quilt random loops, so very relaxing, and also so very fast!!! And considering I was quilting this last night, fast was important ;)
Love this quilt! I am going to have to go find the instructions now. Not sure how I missed the quilt along for it.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy seeing all your 'older' quilts as you finish each one. So fun and exciting!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of this quilt. It looks beautiful Melissa
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