Colorado Stars Quilted

  

Here is the Colorado Star runner quilted with the binding sewn onto the front. 

Here is a close-up of the quilting.  I did loops around the outside of the stars, and micro-meandering around the inner star.  Quilting that way really makes the unquilted areas puff up...I like it!

This is the back.  You can see where the "wreath" of micro meandering forms a pretty design, even on the back.  The combination of fluourescent lights and flash make this fabric look a really strange color...like tomato soup.  It's a dark burgundy in real life.

Making a 3-1/2 hour one-way trip tomorrow, and I hope to hand-sew the binding down then.  If not, then on the way home!

I received the pattern for another quilt Emily asked me to make her in the mail earlier this week, so that one will be next.

~Mama Joan

First Secret Project

This blog is going to be a collection of projects I am working on in secret.  They might be birthday or Christmas gifts.  They might "just" be a thank-you gift.  In the coming months, most of them will be gifts for my engaged daughter, Emily.  She is getting married June 25 of this year.  I wanted a place to document my progress on secret projects so I can look back at them.

Here is the first one...it's a paper-pieced runner.  The pattern name is Colorado Star.  There will be an additional 2" cream border all around when it is finished.  Now it measures about 12-1/2" x 40".

Although I do a lot of crafts, quilting and sewing are my favorites.  Stay tuned and feel free to email me.

Check out my other blog, http://www.shelbystitcher.blogspot.com/

~Mama Joan