Scrappy Stars Quilted!

Scrappy Stars is quilted! I used Patsy Thompson's techniques to do the quilting: using 505 spray to hold the quilt sandwich together, and loop-de-loop designs with stars to represent fireworks. I also added some starburst lines around the stars, which made them look like fireworks, while the loop-de-loop stars look like...well, stars! Interesting how the results were the opposite of what I intended. As the late painting teacher Bob Ross would say, they are Happy Accidents.

There were lots of boo-boos along the way, as I expected in this my first real machine quilted piece. But I'm proud of it, and I think it's beautiful. And, I'm sooooo glad I chose the gold. It rocks!

Close-up of the front

Close-up of the back. I chose a medium blue bobbin thread

that would kind of blend on the back and the front.

I am strongly leaning toward red or maroon for the binding. My friend Judy P. and I are going on a mini shop hop on Friday. If I don't find anything appropriate in my stash tomorrow, I'll look for something while we're out.