Tilda Starburst Quilt is Done!

One day a while back- like 2 years ago, I took out some Tilda fabric charm square packs and made hundreds of half square triangles with them.  I saw this Sunburst layout online and decided to put mine together in this pattern.

I've been working on it for a couple of years now and decided to get a backing on it and quilt it.  Here is a pic of the quilt on my longarm as I get ready to quilt it.  I did an all-over stipple and swirls on it and I think it came out so beautiful.  :)  It's amazing how wonderful a quilt looks when it is finally finished.

Last week when I was camping, I sewed on the border, being very careful not to let it fall in the dirt!

I seriously just love how it turned out and now I have to trim up 168 more half square triangles to complete a second Tilda quilt.  

I still haven't decided on the layout of the second quilt, but I'm sure once I've trimmed my blocks, it will come to me.  

While on the Shop Hop this year in May, I found some pretty Tilda fabrics for the backs of my two quilts.  This quilt is like being in Tilda heaven.  :)
 

A Second Patriotic Quilt?

After finishing my Patriotic Quilt, I realized that I had enough fabrics left over to make another one!  I guess that I get carried away when buying fabrics to be sure that I have enough - ha ha.  Anyone else have this problem?  

I wanted to design something easy that showcases these beautiful fabrics.  So I cut some 5 1/2 in squares and added a 2 in sashing between them.  Here is the first layout on my design board, making sure that I don't repeat one of the colors next to each other.

Once I was happy with that, I decided to stagger the blocks in each row to give it some visual interest.  I had to add a half block on the end of every other row to complete the look.  

I started to sew the rows together.  I have 7 full squares across and 9 rows down.  I'm going to add a column of sashing (2 1/4 in) on the two sides of the quilt to make it a little wider. 

While I haven't finished it yet, it's all ready to be layered with the background and quilted.  Hopefully sometime soon!  :)