Beautiful Pastels for Sew and Tell Friday!!

Hi, all!!

Wow! It's Sew and Tell Friday again!!  It has been a really eventful week here in the Nashville, TN area, but I still managed to finish a project - I'm telling you, Sew and Tell Friday has revolutionized my life!  I'm always trying to get something done that I can post online....  (If you want to see more of what we've been going through here in Nashville, check out this youtube.com link.)

So - here's my finish for the week  This quilt is for our quilt ministry, going to the director of my church's weekday education program.

Take a look at the back of the quilt - the teachers traced each child's hand on the backing and put their name in it so she can remember each one of them.  And I love the front of the quilt - this is a disappearing nine-patch pattern, which I had never tried before but I'm glad to have it in my repertoire now!  I think I'll be making a lot more of these.





I was inspired by a beautiful pastel quilt I saw recently somewhere online (of course, I can't find it now) but it wasn't until I remembered that I had a charm pack of Moda Kashmir II stashed away that it became a reality.  A quick trip to the quilt shop for a little yardage from the Kashmir collection, and some pastel solids from my stash, and this is the result!

 

I particularly like the quilting on this one, too - I just stitched on either side of each seam.  I think it enhances the quilt without overpowering the design...

So what have you been working on this week?  I can't wait to see!!  Stop by Sew and Tell Friday on amylouwho's blog and check out what everyone's doing!

Later!

Sarah