My assignment for this quilt: Make a quilt that is totally ‘me’. I will be sending it off to an online quilting friend in a swap. I won’t know who I’m sending to until the quilt is. completely done.
Yikes! Talk about plumbing the depths of oneself to decide what pattern and color of quilt to make! 🙂
I started/made a few other quilts that ended up not feeling like the right one. Then I thought of making a Sunset coloured star quilt, and I knew I’d found the ‘me’ quilt.
I used my own tutorial for the Star Hollow blocks, and then decided to set them on point. I originally wanted to add instructions for this, but honestly, cutting setting squares on point, while supposedly simple, is not really 1 minute free tutorial material… You can look up the size of setting triangles needed for a quilt block size, and my advice is size up! I always seem to have a bit of grief with getting the right sizes, and although it all comes right in the end, like I said, its not just a slam dunk that I can tell you exactly how I did it, because honestly I’m not sure and don’t remember what size I ended up using and how it all worked.
Sometimes (often) with quilting, it’s a journey with a somewhat unknown destination. That’s fine with me, but it’s not really tutorial material haha.
But I completed the quilt, and here it was, in all it’s quite colourfulness! Oh well, it’s bright colors will be practical as a picnic blanket should the recipient be a person of very classy white on white tastes. Once all 19 of us had completed our quilts, we did a draw, and anonymously sent our quilts to the drawn name. We’re spread throughout the US and Canada, so we all waited excitedly for our quilts to arrive! This was such a fun thing to do and I’ll show you a few photos of the quilt I received, as soon as I have a chance to take some more photos with it!
Beautiful! I love the Star Hollow pattern and I love what you’ve done with it. As usual, your use of color and pattern are amazing.
I just signed up for your blog post, and I am glad I did. I really enjoy your taste and look forward to making my own Star Hollow quilt. I have been quilting since 2018 mostly using solid colors. I want to venture more into scrappy prints and I am curious if you ever list your fabric choices?
Utterly gorgeous!! An atypical color scheme—but what impact! Kudos—
Oh my goodness, I sure wish I was the lucky friend getting this gorgeous quilt! I just love the colors you chose and the pattern is amazing!
I love your colours! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your telling of your struggles to get to a happy place with the final choice. It gives me hope!
Beautiful, as usual!!!😀
It’s glorious !! Wish it were coming to me : )
Once again I want to drop everything g and make one just like this! Imitation and flattery and all that. 😊
I study each of your posted quilts to see your use of color and how I can use that in my own journey. Also love your honesty about the struggle. It’s real and also agree it all comes right in the end. ❤️
I know I would absolutely love to get that quilt in the mail! What a lucky surprise… Your friend must have been delighted.
This is beautiful! If you swap partner doesn’t like it, they’re crazy!
A beautiful quilt. You have an amazing way of putting colours together. Also love your label. Did you have these made or can you purchase from somewhere.
Wow, Jolene, another AMAZING quilt. How lovely the mix of colors and fabrics : ) Your photos make all the fabrics look so soft and woven, unlike what I seem to have in my stash! The quilt exchange sounds like such a fun idea.
I love your quilts! The fabrics are BEAUTIFUL!
This is absolutely gorgeous!
Beautiful!!! So much to love about this quilt. The textured fabric, color and pattern choices, the hand stitched binding, but most of all your embroidery of Malachi 3:17. Your gift will certainly be a blessing to the one who receives it. Thank you for sharing your lovely work.
You amaze me. What a wonderful quilt. Warm and inviting. Love it.
Wow! That quilt is just wonderful! I absolutely love your fabric choices. I just want to cuddle up in it and be cozy! There are lots of tutorials and size charts on the internet for setting triangles.
Beautiful! Truly a Sunset quilt, your fabrics are stunning.
where did you buy those beautiful fabrics?
This quil tis gorgeous! I loave your color choices.
Are these flannels? Is there a pattern available for purchase?
I love this quilt!! I love the colors and the pattern! Thank you!!
love your color choices!! Beautiful ❤️
love the quilt and colors
This is such a beautiful quilt. I’m not sure I could have sent it off to a new home.
such a unique, stunning quilt! I love your style! how can you part with it? but what a lucky friend to receive something so beautiful. I recently subscribed to your blogs. thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful, twinkling quilt! I have made a few hollow star blocks, but there are many sewing projects waiting to be finished before I can seriously start on this one. Maybe next month, when I have a few weeks off work? Thank you for the inspiration!
Your fabric selections make me feel like I’m falling into a warm hug. Reading your blog and viewing your quilts have been very inspiring and meditative.
Great color pallet and setting!
You always WOW with your color selection and pattern choices. Just amazing! Love the colors, and would love to know if some of those fabrics are flannels? Homespun? It looks so warm and cozy. Jan in MA
If I got that quilt in the mail. I would probably shed a few tears at the sheer beauty and love that it is made with.