UFO Quilt Finish ~ Snow Kissed Star

Another UFO bites the dust...Yippee! For this small quilt (56 x 56), I kept the quilting as simple as possible. Sure, free motion quilting would’ve been faster, but the modern vibe of this quilt was practically begging for some straight line quilting instead.

Adding the striped binding bumped up the overall look as well.   

The backing is pieced with some of the fabric used to make the star.

And my go to inkjet printed label framed with scraps from the star.

Now that the basics are covered, let's dive into quilt history. The pattern is on the front of this magazine, absolutely stunning, isn't it?  That’s the kind of quilt I’d happily quilt to death, so cheerful and vibrant!

I know where the pattern came from, but when did this quilt adventure actually begin? A blog search for "Snow Kissed Star" revealed just one clue, a lonely reference from 2016.  In this blog post it was a UFO.   Psst..they released the pattern as free, click here to grab the PDF.

 At that point, the blocks were finished and ready to be sewn into a quilt top, which I managed to do. However, there was no record of how long it had been a UFO. It was tucked away again and stayed a UFO quilt until last week when I finally pulled it out of the stash.

 I searched through all my blog posts from 2011 to 2016 and found no additional information about this quilt. 

Why did I make the Snow Kissed Star quilt in black and white? And why do I have so much black fabric when I don't even like it? The quick answers: my youngest son wanted a black and white quilt. We went shopping, he chose all these fabrics, I made the quilt, and ended up with a ton of scraps.

I was looking for a quick and simple quilt project to use up some fabric scraps. Snow Kissed Star seemed like the perfect choice. The plan was to give him the quilt because he loved the fabrics.

There's no mention on my blog of the first quilt I made for him. However, as I carefully combed through each blog post, searching for any trace of either quilt, I stumbled upon a picture with a small glimpse of the original black and white quilt I created for him. It was in Podunk Pretties blog post #4, all the way back in 2011!

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UFO's Why?

 I found myself with a little spare time this week and nothing to sew.  Can you believe it?  There's plenty of projects I'd like to start but I know they would end up as UFO's due to my limited sewing time.  So I started digging through my UFO boxes to find something that could finished in an afternoon.  This one was the best I could do.  Why did I start this?  I'm not a fan of black.  The fabrics are leftovers from a quilt I made for my youngest son.  He picked all the fabrics, and he did a pretty good job of picking ones I would never buy.  But I have them in my  stash so  might as well try to use them, right?  Well that's what I thought.  The problem is, if I don't like it the chances of me finishing it isn't good.  So this one even though it was super simple to make quickly became a UFO.

The pattern is called Snow-Kissed Star by Konda Luckau.  It's a free pattern over at McCall's Quilting Magazine.  Wanna make one?  Just click right here.  You can see why I chose this pattern, her version is so pretty.  Love the colors!  Mine...not so much.  TIP  if you make this quilt.  The pattern tells you to make your strip pieced blocks and cut them half diagonally.  DON'T DO THIS. It's a bear to sew them to the background fabric without stretching them out of shape.   Where she tells you to cut the stripped piece block  you draw a line on the background fabric in that direction, sew a quarter inch away from the line on both sides, then cut on the suggested line.  You know that fast and easy way to make Half Square Triangles.

So I thought there has to be a way to make me love this quilt, maybe adding a touch of WOW somehow.  After much thought and advice from other online quilters in a facebook group adding the red fabric is the quickest and easiest thing I could come up with.  Do I like it now?  NO.  But It will make a nice quilt for someone.  For nowit will go in the drawer marked "unloved".  Hopefully someday someone will need a quilt, and fall madly in love with this dark unloved eyesore.  Now I know many of you like the black and whites, and that's great, it's just not my pallet of choice.  The only thing I really like about this quilt is the the striped fabric I chose for the binding.  I think it's going to add a nice touch to the finished quilt. 

A pieced backing was made with some of the black and white fabrics but I forgot to picture them.  The quilt top, backing and binding are all tucked away in drawer waiting for that special someone to love them.

~ Lea Anne ~

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