Thursday, December 10, 2015

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
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Until next time, keep on quilting!

13 comments:

  1. Chop, Chop my friend!! You can do it no problem. We work well under pressure,LOL I am the same way, for years and years I couldn't say no, now the word is in my vocabulary!!!

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  2. Wow! First of all, to have a customer so happy they want more quilts is a great thing, but that is some fast sewing! I hope you are getting a fair wage for all your hard work. This looks great, and good luck getting the second top pieced so that you can get them both quilted and finished quickly.

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  3. Happy dance for you that your customer was so pleased. I love how this new one is turning out, and like Yvonne I hope you are charging a fair wage for your time and skill, especially on a "rush job".

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  4. The fabrics make this design just sparkle! You are a glutton for punishment to take on two quilts before Christmas Eve! I will have my fingers crossed for you!

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  5. Well you know how I love blue, and that stars are my favourite block, so now you have ME in a huge near-divorce with my self (space between intended lol) because I want to drop Dayna's quilt and go make one of these beauties!! Christmas fabrics! Brady is coming! I have to have Santa throw up Christmas all over my house, remember? ..... okay okay, I know, D's quilt is 7 months late...Cannot wait to see the second one, and AND then to see how you quilt them.

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  6. I like that one!! Great job - and congrats!!!

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  7. Oh my goodness thatyis quite a challenge you took on Judy! This large block sure translated into a stunning quilt. That is because you are incredible at mixing fabrics! I LOVE the blues against the grey background. Not just any boues would have done it either. These sing!

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  8. The blue is divine! Can't wait to see the other choice. What a lovely top.

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  9. oh man, two quilts in 3 weeks! You can do it, Judy! As for my quilt, I'm not worried...and honestly yours has not been worked on since last month. Plus I haven't completely sick this past week, it was a total write off. But the kids are still alive, so I guess that's a win.

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  10. Rich and gorgeous. Love everything about this one, Judy!!!
    http://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/

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  11. Fair play to you Judy for jumping right in there and taking it on - this looks really good- can't wait to see how you quilt it!

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  12. Wishing you the best with your fast finishes. Love the looks of this and am so glad you liked my borders. :)

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  13. I have to jump forward my feed to find out if you made it! :) Looking good!

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