Hello All~and welcome to my blog. As with all of you I am so wishing I was at Quilt Market instead of home here in Maine. My quilt that I am going to share with you this year is my favorite original design so far, and it is my largest quilt to date also. I call it Stars and Strips.
I entered it into a quilting contest for McCall's Quilting Magazine. You can see it here. I did not make it past the initial cut, but that's ok, I have this beautiful quilt to show, and it has a special story!! It measures 60" x 72". The fabric is Simple Abundance by Bonnie and Camille for Moda. I love Bonnie and Camille's fabric lines so much, they are my absolute favorites! (So I have my Cotton Blossoms Quilt, and my Simple Abundance Quilt, and soon will have me some Bliss Fabric) I am really proud of myself, doing something of this magnitude is big for me, pretty amazing!!!
I would really love to thank you for stopping by. Hope you all have a great weekend!!
16 comments:
Stacey, this is really beautiful! Wow!
Dropping in from BQF. Your quilt is simply lovely. Was it hard work...it looks like it would have taken months !
Love the colours. (It looks epecially beautiful against that Maine sky) Thanks for sharing this gorgeous creation.
Love your stars! Congratulations for finishing and entering the contest with McCall's! And I love those fabrics, too!
It is a beautiful quilt!
Beautiful quilt! Love the mix of colors. I'm glad you shared it.
Your quilt is just beautiful!! :o)
Sincerely - Tricia
beautiful, I love the colors.
This is so pretty! Beautiful design and colors. Happy Festival!
Beautiful!!!!
Fabulous! You should be proud! I Would be too!
I don't know how the magazine picks what it will use but they completely missed the boat on this one. Super blocks and set on point to boot!
Thanks for sharing.
What a charming quilt and a great original combination of lemoyne stars and string blocks. Love how the blocks alternate and work together to create a secondary framed star. Kudos.
Come see my 1890 antique schoolhouse quilt and
black/white/pink scrappy miniature
This is a wonderful quilt!
What a beautiful quilt! I love the name of it! Perfect! Those pinwheel stars are so much fun and I love the colors. Thanks for sharing.
xo -El
I love how you've combined a traditional pattern with string quilt-like corners. And the field of "marshmallows" in the background made me smile, too!
I thought I recognized this quilt! I also entered the quilt I have up for the Bloggers Quilt Festival in the McCalls contest (and also didn't make it past the 1st round). I remember thinking this beauty put mine to shame! I really do love the colors and the combination of star patterns is so pretty!
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