As you can see....I have more or less finished the top to my Confetti Stars. This is my version of Bonnie Hunter's Cathedral Stars Quilt she has instructions to
over here. I made mine so colorful I thought it reminded me of that glittery confetti you can get at the party store. I'm thinking I will just add a border around using the same turquoise green. I decided I didn't want rows of various borders of straight lines going around it. I wanted the stars to stay the main focus.....and then I'm thinking the blue for the binding. The hot pink stars are bright enough without adding more of that color around the edge....I'm just saying.....
It will lay on the floor through out the evening so Mr. Brown Dirt and I can do our ritual we do every time I finish a top. We look at it....admire it....critique it....give our various opinions on how wild and colorful this one is. We will discuss which fabrics would be good for the back and....LOL....try to guess on how long it would take me to hand quilt it! I truly LOVE this one.....I'm thinking GD Shaylee's name might be on this one!!
AND GUESS WHAT??? I pulled another SNEAKY drawing for a giveaway. I selected these Halloween fabrics left over from my blocks I made for
Jane's Spectacular Halloween Swap. I drew a name from
this post....there were 43 comments made......I appreciate all my regulars for helping me out with your opinions.....coming to the rescue when I needed it. Oh how I love to be sneaky.......AND the winner is...#33.......
BONNIE from CALAMITY JANES COTTAGE!!! Oh....and by the way.....she is having a giveaway.....go check it out before it's too late!!!
Congratulations Bonnie.....get with me so I can get your snail mail address.
Congrats to Bonnie!!! What a fantastic scrappy star quilt. Bright, happy, fun! Mr. Creations and I don't have a finished quilt top ritual. I do lay it on the floor to show him. Sometimes it stays there for days. He's learned to walk around it! :o)
ReplyDeleteThe quilt top is great. So bright and cheery, it's going to look great when it's complete.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt top but I wanted to win the giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteTotally awesome quilt top--------love all the bright colors!! That will make your winter brighter too! Maybe you should machine quilt it with BERNIE!? Gail
ReplyDeleteConfetti Stars is a perfect name for this stunning quilt. Nice Job!
ReplyDeleteConfetti indeed - looks like a party!!! Very lovely.
ReplyDeleteVery bright and cheerful and confetti is a perfect name for it.. I agree on the plain border so the stars will shine.
ReplyDeleteoooooh! I love this one! putting green around it sounds perfect to me.
ReplyDeleteWow, what an awesome quilt top! I love your colors you chose - definitely needs to go to someone special.
ReplyDeleteBelinda, I love your quilt! It's so colorf,but not "over the top" if you know what I mean. Almost has a thirties look to it. So glad that you are hand quilting it. Nothing like hand quilting to relax to in the evening. SUPER!
ReplyDeleteOh you picked the perfect name for this cheery quilt! It does indeed look like confetti!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Bonnie!
You know me, pink, bright, colorful, I adore that quilt!!! stunning!
ReplyDeleteand congrats to Bonnie, she is a great gal!
Oh my!! I just love how this top finished up. It is just beautiful. I, like Jane, love pink and those stars are just the best. I can see why you love it so much, simply gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Seeing this quilt reminds me I need to get back to work on my King Quilt. I'm having a hard time getting into the sewingroom and when I do sit down at the machine I have to keep getting up to go do other things.
ReplyDeleteLove the confetti / Cathefral starts top. It is gorgeous. I always love the colors you use. Congratulations to Bonnie you will have fun with the fabrics.
ReplyDeleteOh wow...I just love it and I think you're right on about the border and binding colors..just let that wonderful center patchwork of color POP!
ReplyDeletex lori
This one is quite the eye-catcher! What wonderful, happy colors. You're right - it does look like that glittery confetti! I think your idea of more of the green around the border and then the blue for the binding sounds perfect.
ReplyDeleteWe kind of do that finished top ritual too. The cats always want to get under it though!
Wow on the quilt, it's beautiful. I love the ritual, part of the process and It's good to crtique. I love your plans for the borders too.
ReplyDeleteWow! Gorgeous...absolutely beautiful!!! Great job :)
ReplyDeleteWOW! that quilt is awesome. My husband and I will do the same thing. Funny.
ReplyDeleteI think it will look good without borders too.
Oh yes, you are sneaky. How cool that Bonnie won even when she is having her own giveaway. Congrats to her.
great work. i like your idea for the border. and thanks to the winner. a sneaky giveaway always make me smile.
ReplyDeleteI think that somebody else is going to love their quilt! Love the color selection.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Ahhh.. you sneaky... no never ..I think you are clever..lol..Love it!! :o) And Im sooo happy Bonnie did win.. she have so many wonderful giveways...and such a generous soul.. so it was fun!! :o)
ReplyDeleteBtw... gorgeous quilt!!! :o)
Oh I love your bright stars, and I love how you and Mr Brown Dirt chat about which would work best for your quilt tops. I'm wondering if you listen to his suggestions....lol... I do a similar thing with Mr Allstitched up, but don't always take his advice.
ReplyDeleteI love all the colors on the quilt!! "Sew" awesome!
ReplyDeleteOMG, I'm so excited, you don't know how this came at such a good time. Does that make since...
ReplyDeleteThis just made my day.
I relly love your confetti star quilt, beautiful colors.
Thank you Belinda,
I'll be emailing you,
Keep Stitchen'
Bonnie
I love it! I absolutely love it! And then you will hand quilt it!! Holy cow.
ReplyDeleteWe do that same ritual, except tractor joe usually says
"are we done yet?" I can stare at a quilt a lot longer than he can.
I agree with all your thinking on the border and binding.
Well aren't you the sneaky one! That quilt top is va va voom fabulous. I love it. It just pops. Good for you that Mr. BDC will admire with you. He's a keeper but we both knew that before. I'm super jealous of the stitch regulator. I love my old bernina but I do wish they would retrofit for that. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is great! Just love the green. What a bright and happy quilt.
ReplyDeleteWow. I am not a pink girl but I love how the green and pink make this quilt pop. It is beautiful.
ReplyDeletefantastic colors
ReplyDeletefantastic colors
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