comfort zone blown
 

on the weekend someone asked if we were pushing our limits.

i haven't made anything like this before. i am pretty chuffed, though i know this one isn't going to be to everyone's taste by a country mile.

these are leftovers from a steep learning curve of a lone star project. it is for a friend, and she ended up buying an absurd amount of fabric thanks to a first run disaster. given i am going to handquilt a big chunk of the lone star, i wanted to get her something lovely and reasonably quickly as a place holder, and something that used up some of the fabric she invested in. i thought a couch quilt or something she could lay at the foot of the bed to accent the lone star would be nice. this is 60x84.

i'll machine quilt it reasonably simply this weekend, and hopefully be able to give it to her next week when i cook her a birthday dinner

(look at my imaginary binding skills! lightning fast!)

anyway....thanks for giving me a place to share it.

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whole quilt

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escher spiral?

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reverse applique. thank you connecting threads for your awesome instruction freebie called "circular logic." very inspirational!

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and hats off in a big way to the wonderful jinny beyer and her magical sense of colour and design.

aileen

here's the lone star. i'm going to hand quilt the white, blue and purple, but it's a queen sized beast. time time time and grandma's takes priority right now :)

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thanks again for looking!

aileen

Wow. You jumped right out of your comfort zone......nicely.

Both of your quilts are so beautiful!! What a great friend you are!! Can I ask where you came up with the pattern you used for the "place holder" quilt? I love the stripes!!

both are great quilts.

Boy, both are stunning!

Wow!!! Both quilts are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still have a "Lonestar" quilt on my bucket list!!!!!

Just gorgeous. Love the colours.

WOW! I love both! The first one is so creative and fresh looking. The colors are perfect for a lone star too.

I love how one is modern & the other so traditional, but they share the same colors.
They are both beautiful.