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"Starshine & Rainbows" completed top!

Old 06-06-2012, 04:44 AM
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Thank you all so much for your compliments, suggestions, and encouragement! I finished the top and I must say, I am very very happy with it! This is my first-ever-completed quilt top.

I decided to use a royal blue mottled fabric from Moda for the sashing. It's the color I had in mind all along, so when I found it at my LQS, I knew it was meant to be. Then, I wanted to add something at the corners of each block, and found this adorable PP block called Geometry on Quilters Cache. It's a 4" block, but I re-sized it to 3" and used all the colors in the quilt. I think it ties everything together nicely. Finally, I wanted to cap the whole thing off with a little more of the rainbow colors, so I pieced a strip of each color together on the diagonal and bordered the whole quilt. I love it!!!

I never expected anything I made myself to turn out so well. There was A LOT of remeasuring and (re-cutting ) as I worked my way through the mathematical calculations, since I didn't have a pattern or instructions to work with. But, I thoroughly enjoyed the process. Thanks again!
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Old 06-06-2012, 04:51 AM
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For your first quilt top completed, I would say you are a totally natural quilter. I love all of your blocks and how you laid them out with the corner stones in the sashing! You did a super job!
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turn out wonderful
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Totally awesome! Love all the colors.
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What a wonderful quilt. How did you PP the corner stones and is there a pattern that you used we could see?
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You are a natural! This is a beautiful quilt. Your color choices and pattern are outstanding. Thanks for sharing.
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It is a beautiful quilt. Love your colors and the PP blocks added the extra bling to the quilt.
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Great job! You certainly have an eye for design.....beautiful
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Wow - I love the colors and the the whole complete top - This is a great first top - no one would guess that you are new at this - Can't wait to see what else you have in store for your quilts. Great job.
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That came out really well. You're a natural!
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