Giant Star Quilt Finish. . .

This is not what you expected right? Yeah, me either! I was happily quilting along on Renee's mini (so frickin' close to finished...) when, BAM! All plans went off the rails! On Tuesday of this week I finally delivered the last commissioned quilt. . . To say he was happy with the quilt might be an understatement. Things like "You have exceeded my expectations" and "It is beautiful" and lots of other gushing went on. . . and then the question. And I knew this question was going to be coming as soon as he saw the quilt. . . "Can you make two more before Christmas? Oh and I'll be seeing the kids on Christmas Eve so you won't be able to work on it that day." You know I don't have it in me to say no and honestly I really wanted to be able to do it. . . BUT, two quilts. 3 weeks. Head spinning. We discussed colors. We discussed styles. We parted after lunch with the agreement that I would think about it, i.e. talk to my husband and make sure it wouldn't cause a divorce! LOL On the way home, I started thinking about it and decided if the top was a quick one to sew up, I might be able to accomplish it. I sent him pictures and renderings of the Giant Star quilt (Jeni Baker's pattern) I made for my nephew Sam. I knew I could whip this top up in a day. And based on our color discussions, I knew I could potentially pull all of the fabric from my stash. . . Thumbs up for that stash fabric I knew I had to have but didn't know for what!! One of the the quilts was to be blue. I have been collecting, OK, maybe hording, blue fabric for awhile. Making an all blue quilt has been on my list since forever.  :)

After some back and forth regarding cost and design, both parties agreed and now I'm scrambling to get two quilts finished in time for gifting on Christmas Eve. . . :) And the first one is finished! (see the flimsy quilted) I prepped and cut fabric Tuesday night. Yesterday I sewed my fool head off which resulted in this:

I added borders top and bottom, thanks, Jasmine, for sharing that!! :)

Close up of fabrics. :)

How cool is that imprint on the background fabric?? LOVE!

Just love pictures of the back of quilts! :D

LOVE!! The fabrics for the pinwheel in the middle and the stripy fabric on the outside star points are from a line called True Blue. The background fabric is from the Moonshadow line and is called Ether (how appropriate for a star quilt, right??) and the top and bottom border is of course Prisms from Studio E. Yes, all from my stash!! All of it bought from the Hawthorn Threads sale page at a fabulous price. No, they don't have any of it left. . . I checked. The fabric in the other star point was purchased when Pink Castle went out of business (I think....). It is Textura from P&B Fabrics. The backing fabric will be the same wide back I used for the first quilt only in blue. That will be here on Saturday. Hopefully by then the second top will be finished as well. . . Speaking of that, I'd better get sewing donchathink? LOL

Linking up with Finish It Up Friday. Heck, I might have another top to post before that linky ends! LOL

Until next time, keep on quilting!