My favorite finish in May is my version of the Star Pulse quilt. Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl wrote the pattern and hosted the quilt along. I used all Alison Glass prints from her Crysanthemum collection and a charcoal cross-weave fabric to outline the stars. I made the lap size quilt which measures 60″ x 60″.
Here is a closer look at the center of the quilt:
The quilting was done by Cara at Sew Colorado Quilting. The simple edge-to-edge quilting pattern is Star Spangled Allover, and the thread is Desert Sunset. I love how the thread blends in with most of the quilt but shows up nicely in the purple triangles and corner squares. I used the same purple Canvas in Eggplant fabric for the binding.
I pieced the back with coordinating Kona solids.
Here’s a close-up of the purple Kona solid on the back that shows off the pretty quilting with the Desert Sunset thread.
I will be donating this quilt to the Mercy Hospital Hospice program in Sacramento, California.
Linking up to Quilting Jetgirl: Favorite Finish May 2024, Quilt Schmilt: To-Do Tuesday, and Star PulseQAL Final Linkup.
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What beautiful colors; I love how it came together, Mary, and I’m impressed you have it quilted and bound already! Thank you so much for sewing along with the quilt along and for linking up with Favorite Finish. Someone is going to be delighted to receive this quilt.
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what a gorgeous quilt! Lovely pattern, I’ll have add it to my quilting memory bank. You’re so kind to donate this one.
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Those colors – wow! Love the pattern too. You did good! Someone will really be lucky to receive this.
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Whoa, this is a beautiful quilt! Love the colors, and the quilting design is perfect. As the others have said, this is going to delight whoever receives it.
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Beautiful quilt – and I really love the stars in the quilting!!
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I am on the same bus, these colors are rich and stunning together! Beautiful!
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Beautiful finish, Mary, and I love your pieced backing on this one, too!
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Yikes!!! Mary this is just stunning. The colors are gorgeous. Front and back are done so well. The quilt is an exceptional one for sure. Thank you for the incredible donation to Mercyful Quilts.
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Very beautiful work.
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A beautiful quilt! I love how you have pieced the back, also. So kind that you will donate this quilt. I’m sure it will be very much appreciated!
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