You are my sunshine . . .
My only sunshine . . .
You make me happy . . .
When skies are gray . . .
(nice of the weather to cooperate with gray skies!)
I love this quilt. It's big. It's bright. It's warm and cozy.
There's not much of a story here. I've always loved yellow and orange. I love citrus. I love daisies. I love sunflowers, yellow tulips, Lemonheads, orange slices, lemon meringue pie, and canaries (Tweetie bird especially!). That's it. I started collecting the fabric in the throes of a Seattle winter, so I suppose I was counteracting the gray skies.
See, I could break into song again:
I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day . . .
The official stats:
- Quilt Measurements: 82.5" X 102.5"
- Special Techniques used: string blocks (is that special?); lots of patience; backed in Minky
- Quilted by…MOI! I FMQed big flowers in each block, then straight-lined down the white strips
- Best category: You pick: Favorite Two-color quilt, Favorite bed quilt or Viewer's Choice
I'm also crossing this one off the 4Q FAL list and the 100 Day Hustle. And I'm linking up with crazymomquilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict. Phew. I'm spent.
If you need me, I'll be joining in the Friday Night Sew-In with my Weekender bags and that zig zag quilt. I'm taking it nice and slow with my Weekender bags. As in, I'm waiting on zippers, I need some more interfacing (I thought I bought enough?), and I keep distracting myself with an idea for another one. Yeah. It's bad over here.
Adorable quilting! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely bright quilt - perfectly mood-lifting cos there 'ain't no sunshine' here in London!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful and cheerful.
ReplyDeleteWow, it is huge! Love the color choice, it is so cheerful. I keep wanting to try a bed size quilt, but slightly worried on how to quilt the thing! You did a beautiful job.
ReplyDeleteSo fantastic!
ReplyDeleteA happy quilt!!!
If I was going to make a string quilt, it would look like this!
ReplyDeleteYay for strings!! I love this quilt. So much happiness and sunshine going on. Great job!
ReplyDeletebeautiful quilt
ReplyDeleteOrange and lemon delicious! This quilt almost looks good enough to eat! Definitely one for a sunny day!
ReplyDeleteYou could never feel sad with this gorgeous quilt on your bed. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is so pretty and it just radiates happiness! I love it.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this quilt. I think yellow and orange are seriously underappreciated. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely-The colors are among my favorites too and you have shown them off in such a fabulous way: On Point. The quilting Pops too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Finish, Congratulations, Jennie.
Love it! So bright and sunny, and put together beautifully! Great job!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun, bright, happy quilt!
ReplyDeletethat second song is going to be stuck in my head all night now :) congrats on a fabulous finish!
ReplyDeletemmmm I love it!! Lemon Meringue pie and oranges - love love love it!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job! I love the string-quilt style. The quilting is great. And, you're right, it does look so cheery & sunny! Really nice work.
ReplyDeleteomg, its SOOOO beautiful! LOVE your colors!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful,bright and so cheery!! LOVE IT!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is bright and fun! Great job.
ReplyDeleteWow!!! I love love your quilt!! It does look like sunshine!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love your Sunshine Quilt! It is so bright and sunny indeed!
ReplyDeleteThis is just absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!! I love yellows and oranges too - you nailed it with this one! :)
ReplyDeletethis quilt is so full of sunshine and cheer - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove your bright cheery quilt. It's a big one!
ReplyDeleteLovely, and so happy in these colours.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous quilt!! we have already gotten a ton of snow here and just looking at the warm colours in your quilt makes me forget about all the snow!!
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful quilt! I like how bright it is with out being overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteI am a sucker for strings quilts. I just love them, but this one is so great! I love the two color combo!
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