Stitching Sunshine

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A while ago, Carla from Creatin’ in the Sticks mentioned a Stitching Sunshine Blog Hop.
She said, “It’s time for some sunshine in many ways.”  I agreed and emailed her that I’d like to participate.  This Blog Hop starts today!
Here is my “Sunshine Quilt”
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This was a pattern from an OLD Quiltmaker magazine, March/April 2007.  The designer is Robin Applegarth.
A friend of mine (Diane) made 2 or 3 of these quilts and was working on them at a retreat YEARS ago.  I fell in love with the quilts and knew I needed to make one in the future.  This blog hop was the PERFECT time to make this quilt.
I changed the pattern a little … but I basically followed the directions.
STATS:
  • This quilt was made from a variety of Island Batik fabrics …
    • “Coconut” is the background fabric.
    • The yellow sun is “Butter”
    • the orange part of the sun is “Nasturtium basics.”
    • the squares were from a variety of different Island Batik fabric collections.
  • Several different Aurifil threads were used.
  • Hobbs 80/20 batting.
  • I used the 2½” strip die for the Accuquilt Go! cutter to cut most of the 2½” squares.

Blog Hop

Make sure you visit my fellow “Stitching Sunshine” Blog Hopper … I know you’ll see some beautiful sunshine quilts!
Thank you Carla for organizing the blog hop!
And Thank you to the following for providing materials to make this quilt.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!  
Gail 

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70 thoughts on “Stitching Sunshine”

  6. Thanks for this happy quilt. Is the sun appliances on? Looking for the pattern now. Love your colors and this would be a
    so easy to make for a girl or boy baby quilts.

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    • Hi Monica,
      Yes, it’s an easy quilt to make … if you find the pattern, I suggest that you leave off the eyebrows … to me, they made the sun angry!
      Happy Quilting! 🙂

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  12. Oh, Gail, this makes me smile. What an adorable quilt. I love it so much and you certainly chose the perfect Island Batik fabrics. Thank you for sharing your sunshine.

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  17. Gail, your quilting is astounding! I love the quilt but the lines you added bring it a fresh dimension. I see you are quite talented and I must check out your previous photos for some inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful finish.

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  19. This is such a fun quilt! And I love the fabrics, the colors, and the quilting! Thanks for sharing this. I’m bookmarking this page, because I would love to make something like this the next time I need a baby quilt.

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  20. Hi Gail! What a cute and easy quilt that you’ve shared. I just LOVE the colors you chose, especially for that very happy looking sun. Its rays are definitely being shared over the whole quilt. Nice job. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  21. I love this quilt. The fabrics are wonderful and the sun is irresistible. It is the perfect summer quilt. It makes me happy, just looking at it.

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  24. This quilt’s time has definitely come. Little did you know that the perfect moment would come so many years later. 🙂 Lovely sunshine quilt. Great start to the hop.

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  28. What a fun quilt! I love seeing the sun pop its head over the beautiful batik fabrics! In my mind, the sun always has a smile and yours is perfect! Great colors using great fabrics!

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    • Thanks, Rebecca! I wasn’t sure if the sun was waking up or setting … if it was setting, it would be telling the little one about the great day and that it’s time to sleep! 🙂

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  30. I can see why you would fall in love with this pattern because it is so sweet. It definitely adds some sunshine and smiles…love it! Thanks for sharing!

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  36. Lovely sunny quilt Gail!
    And I really like how you quilted it – easy, simple zigzag through the squares and emphasis on the Sun. The swirls around the stars have a great effect. Well done!
    Cheers
    Terry

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  42. Gail this quilt is the sweetest and those fabrics are stunning. Now I’m going to have to go to my Guild to see if we have this Magazine in our library. Another project for the must do list. 😉 Carol

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