Brights Out
60 x 78
Made of pastel string scraps
A donation quilt
I made the blocks last year as a Heartstrings challenge to make string blocks with light centers. I used a light gray calico with pastel colored flowers. It was fabric left over from a long skirt I made all too long ago. (It was cute too - a maxi skirt with buttons down the front). The rest of the fabrics were from the light colored strings scrap bag.
I still managed to put some novelties (the smile factor) in the quilt - owls, feathers, butterflies. In this section. I must have been smiling when I got there because you can see my quilting swirls kind of went wonky at that point.
I used another gray calico for the borders - fabric left over from an A line dress I made all so long ago. (I haven't worn a dress in ages).
I pieced together batting (with zigzag stitches) and I used a Martha Stewart 100% cotton pink floral sheet from the thrift store for the back. (It's amazing what people take to thrift store. There was not a tear or spot on it.) I quilted it with spirals on my new little Bro. (Hey, I have arthritis and carpal tunnel so give me a break)!
And why do I have so many bags of pastel strings I need to use up? They are mostly trimmings from sheet backings.
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9 comments:
What a lovely quilt! I love the soft pastels and your quilting is just fine!! I've never attempted spirals before!!
Okay, you can even make pastels bright and cheery and fun. As a not-fan of pastels, I am truly impressed! Now I'll have to go reexamine my stance on pastels...
Loved reading about your up-cycling efforts. And so pretty too!
You gotta LOVE a String Quilt!! Light, bright or neutral... it's ALL good.
It's a very pretty finish! I'm knee deep in 'brights' at the moment, so seeing this was a welcome change this morning! Great spot of up-cycling too, I'm impressed!
Just gorgeous, and inspiring, thanks for showing us!
It's good to do a low volume quilt once in a while! I think it's more challenging than working with brights. I like the title too!
I was wondering where you would get all the pastels from, given the colourful nature of most of your output!
It's a quiet beauty! Love the scrapiness too. Thank you for participating in the 2016FAL, on behalf of all the hosts
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