I made this quilt for my DS1’s school fundraising auction.
It’s a half-square triangle 8-point star quilt. It’s laid out so that there’s a color change from green to blue to violet, like a dying star shedding it’s gaseous layers (nebulae are so cool). To make it twin-sized, I added a double border of the backing fabric and a coordinating marbled print. The quilting is a free-motion pebble pattern. I love the texture of this pattern.
I should have had it done sooner (working with a deadline), but my sewing machine decided it needed a tune-up in the middle of quilting. So, my old machine went into the shop, I bought a new machine, and ripped out all the bad stitching. I finally got it all fixed and finished this morning…Hopefully in time to still donate it.
This is beautiful!! Whoever wins this is going to be one lucky bidder!
I am so impressed by your free motion pebbles, it adds such a nice texture to the quilt. I can’t even imagine how you managed to get all those circles on such a large quilt.
It sounds like something good came out of your old machine needing a tune up. What kind of new machine did you get?
I ended up getting a Brother CS6000i. It is set up really well for quilting and came with all the extras necessary for it. I’m actually pretty impressed with this machine.
Whooooaaaa! I feel like I am currently embodying that “Take my money!” meme. WOW! I would break the bank bidding on that at auction, it is SPECTACULAR!
I wasn’t too late to donate, and handed off the quilt last night to one of the ladies organizing the auction. Woohoo!
Just start with a tiny quilt sandwich. When I started FMQ, I just made a bunch of squares, a different design in each, to get a feel for it. I turned the squares into a little quilt for my cat, but they’d have made cute coasters, too. Love it or hate it, you’re not out much but a few scraps and a bit of time.
Great job
Great work, really!!