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Friday, May 17, 2013

Sunburst: A Baby Quilt for the Blogger's Quilt Festival

Okay friends. Let me just be real for a second, I waffled about what to enter in the festival. In the end, I chose my stars align, because I didn't read the rules thought that was my number one choice.



Turns out we can enter two!

This baby quilt it one of my hands down favorite things I have ever made. Honestly, if it had not been baby sized it would have never left my house. Also, it is for my bestest friend's older brother, who is practically my older brother. He just had a baby boy, who is hopefully enjoying this quilt (well, honestly the baby probably doesn't care).



It is inspired by Denyse Schmidt's, Crazy Star Quilt (in Denyse Schmidt: Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration). I am saying based, because I did not so much follow the pattern as look at the picture in my book. Then I decided to make a quilt that looks sort of like it.


I pulled all of the strings out of my scrap bin and the solids from my stash. They were curated to be gender neutral and cheerful. 

 For the quilting, I fell in love with Denyse's quilting design and decided to fill up the negative space with a free motion, sort of organic (read: messy and unplanned), loops. I just made them on my home sewing machine while watching old episodes of TV on Netflix. I think it works.

The back is made up of some Kona strips I had left over from another quilt, some of the Kona Steel (I think?) from the front, and a single strip of Madrona Road (Haystack?) to mimic the bright star on the front. The binding is scrappy. 


I suppose my special technique was foundation paper piecing. I used paper foundations to make the star, nothing special, just scratch paper. 

 Quilt Stats.

 Category. Baby Quilt

 Name. Sunburst Baby QuiltSize. 45"x43"
Fabrics. Kona Steel for the front background, scraps for the star, the back has some Madrona Road Haystack, and assorted Kona blues from my stash.
Pattern. Based on Crazy Star (from Denyse Schmidt: Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration)
Piecing. 50wt Aurifil thread
Quilting. Free motion loops (à la Denyse Schmidt) with 50wt Aurifil thread

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8 comments:

  1. www.randomthoughtsdoordi.comMay 17, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    another great entry

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  2. SandyMay 17, 2013 at 11:21 PM

    An excellent way to use up scraps. I love the string star and the backing!

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  3. Canadian AbroadMay 18, 2013 at 2:38 AM

    Really lovely quilt!

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  4. a maidenhair fernMay 18, 2013 at 7:52 AM

    what a nice quilt. the quilting shows up great on all that negative space. and I like the binding you chose.

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  5. CitricSugarMay 18, 2013 at 10:39 PM

    I can see why you wanted to keep it! Such a fresh design for a baby quilt, too. Love the back and the quilting - perfectly reversible and that's important with little ones...

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  6. Newbie JenMay 19, 2013 at 1:26 PM

    Gorgeous! I love it!!

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  7. MelanieMay 19, 2013 at 7:53 PM

    I love anything Denyse inspired! It is beautiful and I'm sure the family is enjoying it!

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  8. Valerie the Pumpkin Patch QuilterMay 25, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    What a great and modern quilt!

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