I decided my August OMG would be for a “big girl” quilt. I would use a pattern with “real blocks” something I haven’t normally done. Here is my goal setting post, August OMG.
Here are a few of the blocks in the beginning. Once I got moving along, I didn’t take any other pictures until it was finished. When I first chose the pattern and was putting together the blocks, I really saw the stars. It wasn’t until I was taking pictures of the finish that I say the circles. Talk about tunnel vision.
I used the remaining bright fabric for a strip down the backing. It turned out rather cute, breaking up the plain back.
On my last quilt, I ventured off the straight line walking foot quilting. Not very far off, but you can see my wavy line Brighten Up. So I went a bit (small bit) farther from there and did a cross hatch of wavy lines for this quilt.
It shows up much better on the backing piece ( along with a few thread scraps).
It really gave the quilt some easy to add texture. I just used a wavy stitch with the walking foot and used the edge of the foot for spacing of the lines. This may be my new favorite for quilting, at least for a bit.
I am linking up with a few friends today:
Small Quilts and Doll Quilts – Design Wall Monday
Love Laugh Quilt – Making Monday
Cooking Up Quilts – Main Crush Monday
Elm Street Quilts – One Monthly Goal
Em’s Scrapbag – Moving It Forward Monday
I love everything about your quilt… the fabrics, the design, the quilting… it’s beautiful. Great finish!
I like the way you quilted this – nice texture!
Wow! That quilt is *beautiful*!! I love your ‘big girl’ quilt. The texture of the quilting is so yummy. I’m curious about the name of the pattern. It is gorgeous. Great job!
Your quilt is beautiful! I love it, so fresh and crisp.
The quilt is beautiful, and I adore that quilting pattern. It was a good choice to add that strip of color on the backing. Have a great week! Andrea
Jan, I love this quilt and the quilting. That wavy line pattern is a fun one, and I love it as a crosshatch. Congratulations on the finish!
So gorgeous!! I’m flipping out over the block and how the secondary design creates circles! What is the block called? I would so love to make this! Your quilting is the perfect compliment to the design! I’d say this Big Girl quilt is a huge success!!
This turned out beautifully! Seeing how the stars create a circle effect is such a fun process in piecing, isn’t it? Congratulations for stepping a bit further out of your comfort zone; the quilting looks great.
Love the fuchsia in there! And those circles!!! Great job on the quilting. That was one whirlwind quilt.
Great finish! I love the colors you used, and your wavy line cross hatch quilting! I’m going to have to remember to try that one!
What a beautiful quilt! The wavy crosshatch quilting looks fabulous, too.
Hi Jan,
Look at you, finishing your August goal ahead of schedule. What a pretty quilt! It just looks so bright and fresh – beautiful fabrics. ~smile~ Roseanne
Really lovely – fabrics, shapes and quilting, great job.
You go Big Girl! I love this quilt and the quilting you did, crosshatching wavy lines, I love how it looks. I think I’m going to have to try this myself. Thanks for sharing.
This is a beautiful quilt and your quilting choice is just perfect! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish!
Beautiful quilt. Love the quilting!!!