Showing posts with label Auspicious Sky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Auspicious Sky. Show all posts

Thursday, July 4, 2013

2013 Finish-A-Long: Q2 Finishes

Back in April when I made my Q2 FAL list, I basically was standing there holding a bunch of blocks I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with.

First up were the Hugs & Kisses blocks from the Mid-Century Modern bee. I had 13, and was thinking of making a couple more, and then somehow pull them into a quilt. 

Thanks to the thoughtful suggestions of others, I moved away from my standard 'row' quilt, turned all 13 blocks on point, and made something quite unexpected, which I named Common Affection.


Next up were the first five blocks from don't call me betsy's Lucky Star BOM.

Trying to be a little improv-y, I came up with Auspicious Sky, which was a stretch in more ways than one. My favorite part was using the mix of shot cotton (the main background fabric) accented with bits of Essex Yarn Dyed Denim and Kona Nightfall. With all of them and the Architextures in the stars, I was working with some of my very favorite fabrics.

And finally, there were those x and + blocks, which I'd been swapping and collecting for ages!
And whew! Just in the nick of time, I finished up Crossex!

So that's that! And wouldn't you know, I have whole new stacks of blocks to add to my Q3 list!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Modern Solstice

Last Friday, a new exhibit went up at Island Quilter! And that would be "Modern Solstice", an inspiring collection of star quilts from the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild.
I couldn't resist getting a photo right off of my "Auspicious Sky" hanging in the line up!

I'm going to omit the commentary, and just let you enjoy "the show" . . .
"Seattle Star" by Katie Pedersen

by Carrie Franklin




"Harlequin Star" by Ara Jane Olufson

by Louise Wackerman and the Nurture Circle of do.Good Stitches

by Vicki


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by Blair Stocker

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"Seeing Stars" by Katie Pedersen

left quilt is "Meteorite" by Grace Lainhart; right quilt unknown

by Meaghan Quinlin

by Kirsten Ballou

by Megan Riley

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"Auspicious Sky" by moi!

I'm afraid I missed getting pictures of a couple, and apologize for any credit omissions, but you can see there really were some lovely quilts. It was quite a pleasure to see them up close and personal and mingle with my fellow guild-mates. Honestly, a pretty great way to spend a Friday night!