Sunday, February 10, 2013

Aidan's Twinkle stars quilt......

is finally all quilted! I had a kid free day Saturday and after taking a nice walk in the sunshine I got to work quilting his quilt. Lots of thread breaks that I will need to clean up but it is all machine quilted. I had made a white binding.... but it decided it needed a scrappy blue one instead. The binding is all sewn down just waiting for the hand turning. I am thinking the white stars need some hand quilting 1/4 inch from the inside of each of them so that will also get worked on this week. He chose the backing fabric - patriotic flags! It seems they say the pledge of allegiance at school every day so he wanted some flags on his quilt.
VTQuilter - Aidan's Twinkle Stars quilt.

VTQuilter - quilting in the blue squares as a meander.

VTQuilter - Aidan's Twinkle Stars.

Head on over to Quilter Kathy and see what others are working on for this slow down Sunday.

12 comments:

Angie said...

This is such a happy quilt! And American flags for the backing is wonderful! I hope Aidan loves it to pieces!

Katie said...

I stumbled upon your blog from another that I follow and just had ot tell you that i love this quilt. I am in the process of adding a blue scrappy quilt to my list and this one is inspiring to me.

scraphappy said...

What a great finish! You really are on a roll now. Glad you are getting it all in while you can.

Kathy ... aka Nana said...

I just LOVE that quilt ... I'm sure Aiden will, too!

Quilter Kathy said...

It's fabulous Deb! I'm sure he will love it!
Great idea to quilt inside the stars to pop them out.
Enjoy your stitching and thanks for linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching!

Stella Nemeth said...

I like the whole idea of white stars on a scrappy blue background. Very nice.

Lesley said...

Your quilt is gorgeous!

Deb@asimplelifequilts said...

I love this quilt! I think the mix of traditional scrappy with the fun wonky letters is wonderful.

audrey said...

very nice! love the lettering.:)

GranthamLynn said...

Oh what a great quilt. The shades of blue are so pretty. Thanks for sharing this. I would love to follow if you add the followers link.
Come by and see me I posted some hand applique WIP's projects.
Have a wonderful week,
Sherry

Sheila said...

I love blue and I love this quilt. Aidan will love it too.

Val's Quilting Studio said...

Deb, I love everything about this quilt! Those words, the fun back...what a perfect gift for Aidan. I'm so glad you archived under our Boys theme...I can now easily revisit it and create something like it too! Thanks for the inspiration!