I just wanted to stop in and share my newest quilt finish with you all. As the title of this post states, this quilt was made entirely from thrift store sheets. There has been a lot of buzz on Pinterest and Etsy about vintage sheets. Most of my sheets are not vintage which I'm okay with because most vintage sheets are not 100% cotton which is what I try to find when I go to the thrift store.
I started using thrift store sheets for the backings of my quilts because I can get a King size sheet for $8.00 or less depending on which store I go to and if its a 50% off color tag. And the older it is the cheaper it is. Plus I get to add to my fabric stash when I don't use leftover fabrics for the backs.
So on to the quilt...
Have you ever started a quilt and then decided what you had planned wasn't making you happy.
That's what happened on this quilt. This started as me trying to do a quilt based on the back of the Acadian Trellis quilt which you can see here. It did not go well. The colors I was trying to use wasn't working and I was not happy. So I decided on a Starflower quilt and cut the strips into squares. But once I got all the pieces on the design board I decided I wanted it to be bigger. After some searching for ideas, I found this Star Gardener block and adapted it to make this quilt.
The quilt finished at 68" x 68" which I think is a nice cuddling up size. Some of the fabric/sheets used were also used in the Wildflower Bouquet quilt.
I quilted it in two different ways... in the ditch and also straight line quilting 1/4" on both sides of the vertical and horizontal seams.
For a quilt that I was not really happy with when I started, I think this came out pretty good and I'm looking forward to using it this summer as a picnic quilt.
As always, thank you for stopping by!
Camille
"When in doubt, stand still."
- Julie Andrews
