Thursday, January 9, 2020

A Finish! Autumn Stars

 Autumn Stars
40 x 60
To be donated to Wrap-A-Smile, a Rotaplast partner. 

Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities. 

This is one of the five quilts I made last year when I challenged myself to clean out a bin of "Autumn stuff".   It is the first of the five finished. 

 I quilted it with vertical squiggles and loops. 
The backing is a small piece of fabric I picked up at the thrift store many years ago. It still had a 45 cent price tag on it. I finally found the perfect place to use it and there was just barely enough of it so it was meant to be.  I made a scrappy binding. I used some brown backing trimmings. I cut the trimmings to 2.5 inches and if anything wider than an inch was left on the piece it went into the string box. 


9 comments:

Sue SA said...

A lovely finish and I really like the quilting pattern.

Anonymous said...

I like it a lot. -- Nancy, Near Philadelphia

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

I love stars and making another quilt or two with them this year

mangozz said...

I like your quilting design a lot. Did that take a lot of time or practice?

Louise said...

Like mangozz, I'm really taken with that quilting motif. Did you start with the squiggle and back fill in between with loops, or vice versa? Gotta try it :)

Linda said...

Another great star quilt. Love those autumn colours and fabrics. Such a pretty backing, that was a good find all those years ago.

Marie said...

Those stars are bound to put a smile on someone's face. Nice to be able to finish up a project that's been in the bin, isn't it?

Ann said...

Your are getting braver with your quilting. I like designs like this that go from one side to the other. It makes fewer decisions for me and fewer threads to bury.

Quilter Kathy said...

Such a great cause to support with your quilting!
I want to try that quilting design!!