Shades of Summer

I can't think of a better way to kick off summer than with a beautiful, beachy photo of my latest finish, Shades of Summer!

(I'd like to give a special shoutout to the child who forgot their tie-dye crocs at the beach; they were the perfect compliment to the flip-flops we brought with!).

The name of this quilt comes from the fabric line I used, Shades of Summer.  It's bright and perfect for summer!  The pattern is the latest in Angie Wilson's 9-patch parade and is called Starry Technicolor Chaos (affiliate link), and I pulled out my almost no-waste flying geese tutorial to make the border part go super quickly!

I quilted this one myself with big swirls, focusing on keeping them at least three inches in diameter.  I had a plastic bowl that was the right size to help me eyeball the first couple of swirls, but as I got going it was easy to keep the pattern going (obviously there are a few smaller ones in there as fillers).  It felt good to do some of my own free-motion quilting again!

The swirls show up a little better on the back, which is just pieced from three different cuts of fabric.  Offsetting the top and bottom pieces was a last-second decision which gives it a little more interest.

Starry Technicolor Chaos (affiliate link) is available now in Angie's shop and you can save 10% on it or anything else there with the code BLUEPIP!

I hope you are having a wonderful start to summer as well!