I loaded the quilt on the longarm Sunday evening, the was faced with the actually quilting. This quilt needed custom quilting, but my free motion skills are not there yet. Probably because I haven’t taken the time to practice, but I digress. So I started looking for computerized designs. At Quilters Niche, I found the perfect design – ST-025-8-pointed-star-w-frame. In the block I’ve only used the center of the star. The corner blocks and border are MI-120 Bettys Border.
The sashing and triangle motif were something I already had. I need to look it up so I can reference it again. I have 2 of the blocks completely stitched out and the stars on 3 more blocks done. Once I finish stitching the setting triangles/squares and sashing, I’ll go back and quilt the yellow border. Then it will be time to roll!
Given that I’m “nearly” complete with Compass Star quilt, I naturally started another project. This is for my breakfast room. I love this Dragonfly Dance panel. I found the purple in my stash. I haven’t gotten any further than this because of the custom quilting on the Compass Star. To get the border to work as I envision it I need to cut the border to the exact measurements, and I haven’t wrapped my head around that yet. Perhaps when I start quilting the center star.
Meanwhile, the tile is up in my kitchen. Today they are grouting and laying the floor.
Yesterday I was asked what color blue/teal my cabinets are. With the white backsplash, they look more blue than teal and photographing them…well it’s a challenge. I had Sherwin Williams match Kyrlon Fusion Rolling Surf. This is the swatch from Kyrlon’s website.