Sunset Strip

March 08, 2019

Out of the doom and gloom of this winter that seems to never end.....

my UFO finish

Sunset Strip

27" x 35"

Strip set score from Sherri Lynn Wood book - The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters

Aurifil thread pieced and grainline improv quilting

The score is to make strip sets and then create from there. My limitations were the 2 colors of blue and yellow. I made strip sets of blues, yellows and one slightly mixed. I evidently felt I needed some blue waters and sunshine in this bleak winter because that is what it turned into.

I played around with some thread colors because I finally had some various shades of Aurifil to use. Then I sort of did this flame grainline type quilting. I like the texture but it did stretch the quilt out a tiny bit. I had to block it when I was done to get it into shape.

I chose to use up as much of the leftover pieced strips I could. I thought I did but then when I was cleaning up I found a small stirp set on the floor so used some of it in the label. :)

If you know me you know I am partial to sun _____ just about anything. I guess I needed this one to ward off the long winter we are having. I can dream of warm waters anyway.

Excited to say that I had this project in a bag for a while. Lots of fabric was in there not able to go back into my mainstream quilt fabrics. Now they are have been released. Another UFO bites the dust.

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