Finally a finish!

Work has been ‘crazy busy’ as my kids would say!  But on to the good stuff.

I have a FINISH!  Hurray!  My wonky star baby quilt is finished!  Next week I will be sending it to the happy recipients!  I wish the new ‘parents-to-be’ all the best with their new little bundle of joy!  As mummy and daddy both work in the entertainment industry, I have called this quilt, “A Star is Born”.

Love the binding shot!

It is made from 100% organic cotton.  I chose soft blues, yellows & taupes for a soothing pallet.  The fabric is mostly from the Monaluna line.  It has trees with birds, whales, seahorses on some of the fabric, along with some patterns and solids.  I used a fat quarter pack with 10 fat quarters and purchased an extra 1/2 yard of a darker yellow (or maybe you might call it mustard) for the sashing & binding.  I used the wonky star pattern (using Victoria Gertenbach’s great tutorial, found here).  There was enough for 9 stars, but when I finished them, I decided I wanted to make it just a little bigger.  I only had enough to make up 3 more blocks out of strips left over; I think they add ‘a little something’ to the whole quilt.  The ends of the strips were also put to good use – an interesting stripe down the back and even enough left to make a matching zipped pouch for little baby essentials in the diaper bag.  The binding is the darker yellow with the same striped fabric added in a couple of spots that I used for the corner squares…I a REALLY happy with is project.

Here are a few shots of the process and the finished quilt.

Only the best…

Original layout

at the sewing machine…

Back is ready

Starting to quilt

Attaching the binding

The finished quilt

Finished back

Quilting detail – back

Hand and machine quilting detail

Hand quilting detail

Label

Zipped pouch side 1

Pouch side 2

The cute inside to the pouch – some 1930′s duckies

Thanks for visiting…until next time, Connie

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