I received a 10″ stack of Starry Seas along with along with 2 yards of Buttermilk (from the Neutrals collection) and 2 yards of Sea Urchins – Multi Pink (which is part of the Starry Seas collection) in my Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics) box. When I saw that Jennifer, from the InquiringQuilter was going to do a blog hop, I asked if she wanted me to participate. Of course, she said ‘yes.’
I used the “Kite” Accuquilt die and cut out a kite star from 20 of the 10″ squares, along with the coordinating pieces using Buttermilk. They were pieced together, then I added a 2.5″ sashing of Buttermilk and 2.5″ squares of Sea Urchins for cornerstones. This is the result:
I used Silly Moon’s “Rocket” to outline the kite stars and do the inner stars. The neutral was free motion swirls. On the border, I used the “Kite” ruler to make the kites circulating the quilt.
And a couple of close ups of the quilting!
Quilt Stats:
- Size: 50″x 60″
- Block size: 8″
- Fabric: Island Batik: “Starry Seas” along with Buttermilk & Sea Urchins
- Hobbs Batting: Heirloom Cotton
- Aurifil Thread: 50 weight
- Piecing: #2600 (Dove Grey)
- Quilting: #2000 (light sand mako)
- Silly Moon Rulers: Rocket and Kite
- Schmetz Needles: Universal 80/12
- Oliso Iron
But there is more. When I cut out the Kite shapes with the Accuquilt, there were pieces left-over. Pieces that could not be cut into nice half-square triangles or squares. So … I had an idea to use some Mod Podge and cover some magnetic bowls. I covered a bunch of them and gave them to my quilting friends for Christmas.
The Blog Hop
Here is a list of the participating Blog Hoppers:
- January 12th – Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter(ENTER TO WIN A FAT QUARTER PACK!)
- January 13th – Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
- January 14th – Preeti @ Sew Preeti Quilts
- January 15th – Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
- January 16th – Laura @ Slice of Pi
- January 17th – Lisa @ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
- January 18th – Gail @ Quilting Gail
- January 19th – Sandra @ Textile Time Travels
- January 20th – Leah @ Quilted Delights
- January 21st – Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter (WINNER ANNOUNCED!)
Don’t Forget!
I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.
Quilting Gail 
That is a gorgeous quilt, Gail! I’m really drawn to quilts with color movement like yours – the Starry Seas fabric was perfect for that. And your magnetic pin bowls are fun, too!
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Thank you very much, Diann!
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I love your quilt Gail. It is very beautiful and the fabrics look so beautiful in the Kite pattern.
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Thanks, Joyce! It was a fun quilt to make!
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Gorgeous quilt, Gail, and I’m in love with your covered magnetic bowls! What a great idea. I shall keep that in mind for Christmas gifts for my sewing sisters this year!
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Thanks, Brenda! It’s easy to make gorgeous quilts when you start out with gorgeous fabric!! The magnetic bowls use all sorts of scraps – a perfect solution to those little useless bits!
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Such a clever idea to use your Stacks to make a Kite quilt! I love the gradation you created by arranging the colors so perfectly. What a lovely job you did!
I also love how you took the scraps to decorate your magnetic pin bowl. I’m seriously going to do that with mine. It’s so powerful that I’m assuming this doesn’t affect it’s ability to grab pins and it’s so much prettier than plain grey!
Thank you for participating in the hop and celebrating my Starry Seas collection.
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Thanks, Jennifer!! The bowl still picks up all the pins with no problem. They were fun to make!
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Beautiful. And I bet your friends were delighted with the bowls that used up your leftovers.
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Thanks, Laura Kate! It was fun when the Christmas gift bags started picking up the silverware on the table!! LOL!!!
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Very fun and very pretty. I really like how you laid out the colors. Congrats on another finish.
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Thank you Kate! A friend actually played with the layout … it’s great to have good friends!
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Scrapes to pretty bowls- great job.
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Thanks, they were fun to make!
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