Scrappy Ohio Stars quilt finished!

 

This quilt was a joy to make start to finish.  I wrote about it here.  

Very scrappy "anything goes" Ohio Stars, sparked by Repro Quilt Lover's Instagram sew along last year.  

A few blocks made with Carol Younce's scraps: 

This stripe and the pink and white stripe are from  my Grandma Mary Lou's shirts: 

And some green pieces from David's Aunt Masako's stash here and there throughout. 

I was going for "summer".  Soft red, all of the colors of the rainbow, with plenty of glowy blue (oops, our first photos were upside down) -  

The backing is Liberty tana lawn, which David got for me in London during a business trip.   I love this backing, for this quilt. 

I used wool batting, and machine quilted it with Barb Vedder's great fan stencil.   

What I love about a scrappy, simple quilt like this, is that it is just begging to be used and loved, washed often, not treated too preciously.  

I always feel like my quilts aren't finished until they are used and loved.  I think that is what "wabi sabi" is all about: Loved objects that show the maker's hand, and the user's hand.   They gain more soul as the years progress. 

Summer is in full swing in North Carolina.  But we spent some time in Denver and San Francisco visiting family. 

The twins are growing like weeds! 

Gorgeous beach near San Francisco.  Freezing water but so fun. 

Outings - 

Noelle was also in town, on business, and visited Kaela at the salon: 

Backyard birthday party for little missy: 

Tommy and Camille made us a delicious Udon dinner on Sunday - 

And then back home in North Carolina, I was so happy to finish up this quilt! 

xo

Cynthia