Wednesday, 18 December 2013

WiP Wednesday–Winter Stars

 Perhaps this quilt should be more appropriately called Summer Stars – as it’s bloody hot here at the moment in Oz. But Winter Stars sounds prettier – and much cooler weather-wise.

I had grand plans to make this a big quilt for my Mum for Christmas. Then reality caught up with me and the realisation struck that I wasn’t going to get a big quilt done in time for Christmas. So change of plans – just four stars instead of 9, put together, bit of sashing and voila! A quilt top.

Winter Stars quilt top

Here it is all dappled and pretty in the sunlight. The pattern is Winter Stars by Lynne of Lily’s Quilts (you can find it in the Christmas edition of Fat Quarterly). I used Sun Print Bike Path prints paired with some of the new Kona solids. They go together so prettily.

Winter Stars Pretty

Now my problem is working how to quilt this pretty pretty. Maybe some wavy FMQ to echo the Bike Path prints? I do have a fancypants sewing machine now and I’m actually bold enough to attempt FMQ. Totally. Maybe. Possibly. Remote chance. We’ll see.

With this, and some placemats that I’m working on (no updated picture!), I’m nearly up to date on my Christmas makes. One week to go! Time to sew sew sew!

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22 comments:

  1. Deborah18 December 2013 at 12:13

    Beautiful! Lovely colors and fabulous contrast with the grey!

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  2. Jessica18 December 2013 at 13:06

    I am so obsessed with this! Gorgeous!

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  3. DeborahGun18 December 2013 at 13:17

    so pretty. It is a great pattern. I would be hand quilting with perle cotton, but then it would never be finished for Christmas!

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  4. Vera18 December 2013 at 18:27

    pretty. I'm into grey mode as well :-) any color just go so well with it. good luck with the quilting.

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  5. Sweet Woodruff18 December 2013 at 18:57

    Awww, I love these. What a nice pattern. I haven't seen it before.

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  6. Celtic Thistle18 December 2013 at 19:32

    Lovely! Have fun FMQ'ing with your dandy new machine!

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  7. *Cornelia*18 December 2013 at 19:45

    its so beautiful, and i love if someone isnt using just white background,

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  8. Megan18 December 2013 at 19:55

    Beautiful! It must be roasting in Oz because it's been very hot here for this time of year. I say go with the wavy line quilting, it will look so pretty!

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  9. Wendy18 December 2013 at 23:15

    it is just gorgeous, the pattern and fabrics work so well together. Thanks for telling us how hot it is, it's bloody cold here today!

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  10. Leigh Anne18 December 2013 at 23:16

    This is beautiful! Those solids really work well with the bike prints.

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  11. Nicole19 December 2013 at 02:14

    It looks great, Kristy!

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  12. Amy, a redeemed sheep19 December 2013 at 02:18

    Love it! You can do wavy quilting. I know you can!!

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  13. tahoe3419 December 2013 at 02:54

    Check out Crazy Mom Quilts and the way she quilted her new quilt "waiting" I think it would look awesome on this quilt!

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  14. Chirpy19 December 2013 at 04:47

    Love the clean colors! Beautiful

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  15. Sew Surprising19 December 2013 at 05:27

    The colours are all perfect, but my favourite is the picket fence, something so Aussie about it :)

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  16. Iris19 December 2013 at 07:12

    Love the top, great colours! Good luck on deciding what to do with the FMQ, can't wait to see the finished quilt.

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  17. Rachaeldaisy19 December 2013 at 08:32

    What a great quilt.I love the way the colours work with the grey background. It's nice to read a cool name on these hot days :)

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  18. Vicki19 December 2013 at 17:22

    Love this quilt! Love the idea of wavy lines. The gray background is perfect for those pretty stars.

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  19. Julie19 December 2013 at 22:22

    I really like this! I especially like how all the fabrics are the same just different colorway and the contrasting gray. Thanks for sharing!

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  20. Renee20 December 2013 at 03:41

    It looks great! I say go with the FMQ pattern, by the end of the quilt you'll be a pro at it!

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  21. Finding Fifth20 December 2013 at 04:35

    You just secretly get busy with fabric and patterns and surprise me every time Kristy. I love the colours in this one.

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  22. Paula@TheSassyQuilter21 December 2013 at 08:59

    Love it! Beautiful. You made me laugh thinking about the quilting:) I have one for months that is basted and I just can't decide!!! I think the wavy lines would look nice.

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