New Month, New Quilt . . . .

It's February, already, time to hang a different quilt in my living room. I don't think I've blogged about this quilt since it came home from the quilter. This quilt could not compliment my living room decor any better.

This is Lifetime Quilt #67 named Olde World Stars. The pattern is Root Beer Float by Hyacinth Designs and the fabric, Olde World Style by Monique Dillard for Maywood Studios.

This quilt went through some ugly stages, (click here) but sure turned out nicely in the end.

The last time I blogged about a finished quilt I got a request for a close-up of the quilting, here's my best attempt at it. The quilting is simple and sparse. I'm usually a "more is more" type of gal but in this case "less is more" and it works perfectly. Dawn at the Sewing Basket quilted this top for me.

Here's a view from the back, you can sort of see some of the quilting. This is the fabric that I originally was going to use as a border but then decided against it, it makes a super back.

Another update, I knew it was going to happen sooner or later but I must admit I was not prepared for what I found on my kitchen counter today,

EEEEK, my first leaf off my $4.99 Miracle Home Depot Poinsettia.

Isn't that just the saddest thing you've ever seen, I suspect there are going to be more sad days to come. For now, I'm going to focus on the pretty blooms on the top. Besides, with this unusually warm temperatures we've been having, I'm bound to have some things blooming in my yard real soon, the circle of plant life.

Have you noticed we get an extra day this year, and that day comes this month! A whole extra day, what a wonderful gift. I think we all should decide to make that one day something special, a day to do whatever we please. I've not nailed down the details in my head yet, but I think my day will involve no make-up, pjs, sewing, and cupcakes. If I could just get Starbucks to deliver. Have you given this any thought because I'm open to suggestions.

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Olde World Stars and The Winners Are . . .

Remember this quilt? This was the last quilt I worked on in 2010. I had issues with this project start to finish. Not the piecing, the pattern, Root Beer Float, by Hyacinth Designs, was easy to follow and each block came out perfectly. It was the fabric that drove me crazy. (as usual)

I struggled with my fabric choices for the star blocks, but finally hit on what I thought was the perfect combination. But when it came to adding some borders, nothing felt or looked right to me. So I put the quilt away but still thought about it, add a border, skip a border, what to do.

When I last blogged about this quilt, someone suggested a plain black border, which appealed to me. Today I finally auditioned some plain black fabric as a border, here it is. I don't think it adds anything to the quilt, I would be adding a border just to be making the quilt larger, and in this case, size is not important to me. So I've made up my mind, no border for this quilt, it's done!

This is Olde World Stars, Lifetime Quilt #67.

It finishes at 66" x 66"

has approximately 721 pieces

and was made using Olde World Style fabric by Monique Dillard for Maywood Studio.

I can hardly wait to have it quilted, I think it will look great hanging in my living room.

152 folks stopped by my 250th blog post celebration. Wow, thanks so much for all your kinds words, there are tens of thousands of blogs out there, it means the world to me that you take the time to stop by mine, and enjoy doing so.

It seems my pop addiction is a common one. I've been told if I tried a Coke now, after not drinking one for a year, that I would not like the taste, and some of you have first hand experience with it, I'm not chancing it!

Applique is another goal so many of you would like to try. I think finding the right project is the secret, once I saw Evening Bloom, I knew I would do whatever it took to make that quilt, even needle turn applique. I now end every day doing just that, it is very satisfying and relaxing. Finding the perfect project will fuel your passion.

Someone mentioned Shakespeare in the Park, a quilt pattern by Judy Martin, was something they were wanting to tackle, me too!

Congratulations to everyone for the wonderful accomplishments mentioned, gong back to school, exercising, joining a quilt guild, and all the others, I applaud you.

Now for the winners . . . I couldn't really use Random Number Generator, so I wrote down every name, along with the day and time the comment was left, on a piece of paper. If you did not pick a favorite, I randomly dropped your name in a bucket, so everyone got one chance.

The French General kit was the most popular choice, but not by much.

So I closed my eyes and drew one name from each bowl.

Annette at Sunshine Yellow won the Glace fabric

Staci The Confused Quilter won the Park Avenue fabric

and Donna The Cats Meow Two won the French General kit.

Thanks to all for making my 250th post such a positive, fun and uplifting experience.

Tomorrow.....it's Tuesday, Eventide update day!! See ya then!

oh, one more thing.....those closet doors are STILL off!

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