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Sunrise Sunset Mini Quilt

The Sunrise Sunset mini quilt is no longer a UFO. Admittedly, I had to let it brew for a bit while I pondered how I wanted to quilt it. The quilt top hung over my stair banister for a few weeks; each time I walked by, it reminded me to get it finished. Here’s my original drawing of the quilt.

Sunrise Sunset Mini Quilt - my original design drawn out - piecefulthoughts.com

I made the mini quilt using HSTs. All of the fabrics are left over from making my Postcards from Sweden quilt. The background fabric is Kona Snow.

Sunrise Sunset Mini Quilt - the blue HSTs out of Kona fabrics - piecefulthoughts.com Sunrise Sunset Mini Quilt - The orange and red fabrics (Kona) - piecefulthoughts.com

The colors in the quilt remind me of the beautiful Florida sunsets over the ocean that we enjoyed while visiting our daughter.  Actually, dinner in Cedar Key, Florida was the inspiration for this mini quilt.

The mini quilt is my own design that I drew up during Sandra of mmm!Quilts Instagram challenge, 30 Quilt Designs in 30 Days. The quilt measures 24″ x 32″.

Sunrise Sunset Mini Qulit - A mini quilt design of my own, using Kona solids, measuring 24" by 32" - piecefulthoughts.com

For the quilting, the idea came to me of waves on the water, and heat waves in the air. That of course meant I’d get to quilt wavy lines again – yay! I decided to use thread colors to match each row, and I was happy to find that I had almost all of the matching thread. You can see most of them here.

Sunrise Sunset Mini Quilt - Quilting Detail, wavy lines in thread colors to match each row - piecefulthoughts.com

The quilt backing is a Sharon Holland fabric for Art Gallery Fabric. It is a low volume print with little geometric designs.

Sunrise Sunset Mini Quilt - Quilt Back Detail, backing fabric is a Sharon Holland fabric from Art Gallery Fabrics - piecefulthoughts.com

I love the scrunchy look of the Warm & Natural batting, even before washing.

A final view of Sunrise Sunset laid out on my lawn.

Sunrise Sunset Mini Quilt - piecefulthoughts.com

I’m linking up today with

Have a great weekend, my quilty friends!

Wendy

 

 

 

 

 

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