My Stars and Stripes Quilt

Hi Friends,
Happy New Year!! I hope your holidays were wonderful! It’s always great to take some time at the end of each year and spend time with family.

To start this year off, I have a quilt of my own to share.

The pattern is called Stars and Stripes by Camille from Thimble Blossoms. It’s such a fun simple yet modern take on a flag quilt. I used her and her mom Bonnie’s woven fabrics to make it as well. The pink wovens work great, as a lighter version of the red wovens.

I used my favorite natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads, and 100% bamboo batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah.

I can’t remember what I initially planned on for the quilting, but by the time that I got around to quilting it, I decided on my Wicker design. There is minimal backtracking, and it lined up pretty good for me.

I can’t get over that quilting texture!! When I design a quilting design, I think about the overall texture, instead of just the single motif. That helps me visualize it so much better.

I used a muslin mates fabric from Moda, for the background. It has a little white on white dash. I get it from my favorite fabric store Sisters and Quilters. (Their image on etsy is rather yellow, but that is to help show the print.)

One thing I struggled with on this quilt, picking a backing and binding fabric. Something that went well with the wovens. I found this sweet backing, that has a little bud and leaf. I ordered a couple of different wovens that I used in the top for the binding, but I just didn’t love them with the front and backing. So I went with the same fabric that I used in the sashing, for the binding. I think it turned out great!! I’m a pretty decisive person, but for some reason I have the hardest time picking out backings or bindings for quilts.

I love my “handmade by Leisha Kaye” labels. I got them from Custom Labels 4 U.

Can we just pause and appreciate all that beautiful quilty texture? It’s one of my very favorites!!

Would you like Wicker or one of my other quilting designs, quilted on one of your quilts? I would love to quilt for you!! Check out my Longarm Quilting Services page, for more info.

Thanks for being here!! Happy quilting, Leisha