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Victoria's Challenge fabric - from New York to bonny Scotland! Here we go!! I loved the challenge fabric , so cut a big square from it, retaining the roses. I had 2 fat quarters of zingy Michael Miller fabrics that I've been waiting for the right moment for....here cometh the HOUR . I auditioned many fabrics and shapes but loved the idea of the roses being the centre of a star. Next I cut up lots of stripey shirt pieces to 'make' some lights to form a star and used very dark striped black and green to form the points....OH NO!! TOO dark So i softened the points with made fabric from the photo below.... Now that's more pleasing to the eye. And YES if the Quilt Police are watching...it is a Wonky Star...a very wonky star Next I added the second of the Michael Miller fabrics as a border together with random squares inserted of the first one and added some fussy cut cornerstones edged in the tarten. You'll note I'm constantly trying to get a couple of my favourite fabrics of the moment in...but it wasn't to be Lastly, a bit more chequered shirt 'upcycled' fabric - emphasising the points of the star, with a little whimsical change of colour in the bottom right corner -  and a border of a red/blue cotton just waiting for a day like today.

I think that I'll put a scrappy light binding around it, with a hint of an inch of black here and there. But I've LOVED doing this ..THANK YOU Victoria, I love a challenge and this will make a great Linus Quilt for a little star child out there. Put together with love, with a 12" square from New York and pieced with the bonniest of scottish tarten!!

102_1164, a photo by julie wyer on Flickr.
Posted by Julia Wyer at 4:12 AM Sewing In CT said...

Julie - that is lovely! It makes me want to get back to work on mine. Thank you for the inspiration.

January 8, 2013 at 5:14 AM 
Julie, It's so pretty! it's homey, snugly and just the right bit of clever! That would be a keeper to me! Someone will be so lucky to have this one! Thank you for sharing your process!!!

January 8, 2013 at 5:42 AM 
Bonny indeed! So lovely - it looks fresh and new, and also cozy and well-loved too. Nicely done!

January 8, 2013 at 6:05 AM 
Love what you did. Clever how you repeated the star points in the corner blocks. Very inviting!

January 8, 2013 at 7:28 AM 
A lovely quilt, Julie and thanks for letting us in on the process of making it. The tartan is just perfect with the challenge fabric.

January 8, 2013 at 7:52 AM 
Love that we all have a common thread (challenge) and our end results are all so unique. Deffinately a "blankie" Hooray!

January 8, 2013 at 11:51 AM 

January 8, 2013 at 5:01 PM 
I think you are all bonnie good sports... the more I see this fabric, the more I think it is just ugly.... you think that might be why she did not ask me to play?? LOL

January 14, 2013 at 2:08 PM electricdunce said...

What a fabulous quilt, the star is just so zippy. What a treat to view this gem....


January 23, 2013 at 2:58 PM