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!

Quilt Bee Starter Block

I am so super excited...yes, super excited to be part of my first quilt bee! or it might be a round robin...not sure what the differences are but I am so super excited:). I choose to do something simple and just ask for a scrappy-wonky log cabin.

This is my starter block........it's headed off in the mail soon. I'm hoping this gets me motivated to start using up my scraps...the pile is over flowing. This also lets me add some variety into my scrappy quilt, getting some other quilters scraps. I can't wait to see what goodies they have to add.

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.