MQG Madrona Road Challenge

I am so excited. I am finally done and was able to meet the challenge's deadline. Here's my Madrona Road wonky star wall hanging. It's already hanging in my foyer and I love it. Wasn't sure about the yellow background at first but it really grew on me! My guild chose a stars and stripes theme for the challenge so I pieced the wonky stars and quilted on the stripes. The stars are all nestled in with each other and I love the random order of it. 

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This is my favorite star, i think because of the center fabric. 

Not sure if you can tell in the pics, but I played with the binding and made a few of the stars part of the binding. I really love this effect. It might be easier to see in the larger picture. I quilted with a 12 weight aurifil wool thread. It was a gorgeous variegated yellow. It looks really good in person and you can see the extra thick stitches opposed to normal cotton thread.

I have a few more finished projects to still post, it's been a very productive January!

Wonky Hippo Quilt

 Yeah....it's finally done! My (ok, Elise's) wonky hippo quilt is done!

 

I did pretty simple straight line quilting with a fun yellow to orange variegated thread...that almost has a little purple in it if you look close but not enough to be distracting.  I like the way the color change makes the borders move a little. I think it's an in person thing though. 

 

These blocks were so easy to make and very quick! I used some special store bought fabrics, pulled from my stash and have one hand dyed fabric in there too. 

And what great product goes without a little quality assurance testing.....

 

I think it passed.