"Oh, My Starts" Quilt

I started this teal quilt about 2 years ago and finally finished it this week!!!  The pattern is called, "Oh, My Stars" from Pat Sloan.  It's a fun, easy pattern that you can make with charm squares or 5" blocks of fabric.  You do need a design wall to put them on so you can decide where to put the "stars."  You want to make sure that you don't place the star next to a fabric that is similar in color.  You need the contrast to make the stars stand out.

I've made the pattern before for my son but this time I used pretty teal fabrics with flowers in them to make it more feminine for one of my girlfriends.

I made a strip of patchwork for the back of the quilt to give it some visual interest.  I love how it looks going across the back of the quilt.  That's the first time I've even done a pattern on the back.  

I quilted it on my longarm with an overall random swirl pattern.  I love how it turned out.

Here's a photo of my friend receiving her quilt.  And guess what?  She loved it.  :)

 

Heart Quilt

Ah, the holidays are over and I'm so glad to begin a new year!  This year my goal is to sew, sew, sew!  I have a lot of quilts and other sewing projects that have been lying around and it's time to finish them up and move them along.  For real. :)

I made this cute little wall hanging for my daughter for Christmas.  Her favorite colors are teal and coral, so I used a fabric line called, Nest, for my project.  It has the sweetest little images in it!

Look at the birds and nests - so sweet!  I definitely want to use this fabric collection again. 

I found the layout on Pinterest from Robert Kaufman fabrics (link is here) and started cutting 2 1/2" squares from my jelly roll.  It took some time to cut the squares and arrange the colors, but once I was done with that, I numbered them and took them into my sewing room to sew them all together. 

The sewing took longer than I thought that it would - although it's a relatively small quilt, there are over 100 little squares to sew together!

Then I put on a white border and finished it off with a teal binding.  And yes, it was actually done before Christmas!  (Christmas Eve, but who's counting)

It's about 26" square- just the perfect size to hang on the wall or use as table topper - my kind of project (the kind that you can finish - LOL!).