Finished Star Quilt

I love when a quilt comes out exactly like you wanted it to. This one totally did! I chose my color palette based on this print from Anna Maria Horner's Field Study line. The star block tutorial is from Cluck Cluck Sew.

These stars in the center are my favorites.

Boy, those coral reds sure are hard to photograph! 
I kept the backing simple with a Lizzy House butterfly print and the Field Study inspiration print.

My photos don't do this one justice at all.

Have a great weekend!!!

foldover clutch

I've been sewing up a storm but this little clutch is the only thing I've managed to take pictures of.





The pattern is from Michelle Patterns. I was considering making a few to sell at the craft show NEXT weekend (eek!) but in the end I decided I want to focus my time on more baby quilts and table runners. This was my first time working with faux leather and it was surprisingly easy. I found this stuff at Hobby Lobby and it's nice and thin and flexible so I didn't have to use a special needle or anything. The brass jeans zipper really makes this clutch I think. Oh and I used batting for the interlining which I think gives it good structure and hides any lumps your keys and other items make.
I LOVE this Field Study fabric! It screams Fall to me.

simply beautiful!

Whew! Sorry I've been away so long! As you will see I've been working hard to finish this Little Folks Log Cabin quilt, which ended up being a queen size!

I am SO, so, so thrilled with how this came out!

Made using an entire fat quarter bundle of Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks voile collection.

The back is a simply pieced combination of Kona Ash, Kona Snow, Moda Bella aqua and a strip of leftover Little Folks.

I made the blocks 15" square (14.5" square finished) and used a total of 36 blocks for a quilt that measures 87" by 87". The design was inspired by SouleMama's Little Folks pillows in this post.

I decided to quilt it with simple straight lines in a grid pattern. This is absolutely the softest quilt EVER!

I must admit that piecing was a little more challenging with the voile because it is so slippery! I tried using Best Press as I pieced but it didn't seem to make any difference in stabilizing it.

A few other things I did was I took Anna Maria's advise to use a smaller machine needle since it is a more fine fabric. Some people have also had fraying problems so I shortened my stitch length a bit to mitigate anything of that sort.

I also read that it was somewhat of a nightmare to sandwich and baste a voile quilt but I had no problems at all with shifting. I just used a ton of pins and thankfully all went well!

The vibe this quilts gives off is cheerful, summery, luxurious happiness! I would love for it to stay with me but this is a custom order for a friend...I know she will be ecstatic when she sees it!