Hello friends

Here in California spring seems to be just around the corner, plants are starting grow new sprouts and and some blossoms are starting to show up in the garden. It feels so reinvigorating the start of a new season, specially spring!

As I have mentioned before, I’ve been on a quest of creating projects solely with scraps. At first it felt a bit daunting to begin… I kept questioning every fabric choice - do they look good together? Would it look to busy? - but after a few trial a realized that that is the beauty of scrappy projects: all fabrics look good together. There is a beauty on the business of all those fabrics coming together in one quilt.

I made this quilt using strips of different widths sewing them tougher and then cutting them into equilateral triangles and arranging them to form the stars. For the background fabric I chose Essex linen from Robert Kaufman (I just love adding linens to quilts). Once a finished the stars I decided to add a border to this quilt to soft of frame up the stars. I crated the border using 1.5 inch strips of various lengths. I just love how it ties everything together.

And now let me tell you about the backing: I found this lovely soft Minky fabric in the perfect yellow/ golden color with honey combs and bees embossed on it. Lovely, so I said I have to use it on this quilt. Never had used Minky on my quilts before, I didn't know what to expect. Well, let me tell you, it was a learning curb: Minky is very finicky as the back is very slippery and it doesn't stick to the batting as cotton does. Pin basting it was an ordeal as the pins hardly go through the tight weaving of the fabric. But when it is finish what a lovely feel it gives to quilt. I think in the future if I use it agin I will try spray basting to see if it easier to work with it.

I just love this quilt so much and I can’t wait to finish my next scrappy project.

Until next time

Martha