Finish Friday - Vintage Star


 Windy day here but tried to get a few snaps of this Vintage Star quilt because it is heading to LIncoln Quilts for KIds tomorrow.   This is the second time I made this star. I love the giant half square triangles it takes to make this quilt. Virtually no waste except for squaring up blocks. Simple tutorial can be found by Amy Smart for We All Sew.
 My bleeding heart survived the freeze last week and is back bold and big as ever.  This is the first quilt I tried to free motion quilt on with my new Babylock Jane industrial machine. It was so much fun and I felt I had so much more control with the extra harp space I now have. I can't wait to experiment more. 

 Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts Finish Friday
also linking up to

photo LeChalleng this months challenge theme is FINE. I am linking this piece because of my first time free motioning on my new Baby Lock Jane. I did a FINE job and hope to do so much better in the future. 

Comments

Margaret said…
Very pretty--hopefully it will go to a little girl who is totally into pink!
April 15, 2016 at 1:54 PM
LoBo333 said…
Beautiful quilt and congrats on the new machine!
April 15, 2016 at 4:58 PM
Marcelle said…
Beautiful! Love the giant scale.
April 15, 2016 at 8:02 PM
Marcelle said…
Beautiful! Love the giant scale.
April 15, 2016 at 8:02 PM
Heidi said…
Looks great with the stripes! And with the bleeding heart!
April 15, 2016 at 8:28 PM
Made by Mrs Jones x said…
What a lovely bright quilt!
April 16, 2016 at 4:54 AM
Vera said…
Fine job indeed! Pretty quilt.
April 16, 2016 at 1:32 PM
Claire said…
That will make a child very happy. And I love how you linked to the le Challenge theme.
April 16, 2016 at 4:26 PM
Lucy | Charm About You said…
Such a pretty quilt! Great link to the theme and well done on your fmq! Thanks for linking up :)
April 18, 2016 at 10:57 AM
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