wedding quilt gift finished

So only after 4 years - I have a wedding quilt ready to gift!!
YAY, me!

It's a big one!, and I love it.  It will be hard to gift, that's for sure.
I gave the wedding couple the choice of colors, and design.  
They chose the Ohio Star (like the one I'd made for the groom's sister's wedding quilt), but I didn't hear their color decision for a couple of years.
Then I took my time making it -
so now, for their fourth anniversary,
it's a finish!

I used fabrics from my stash, mainly from the lines of 
Kathy Schmidt - Piecemakers,
Laundry Basket Quilts - Snow Bird, and
Minick & Simpson - Lexington

The pattern I used is from an older book -
40 Fabulous Quick Cut Quilts by Evelyn Sloppy.
It's a great book, and well worth the original price.
Now it's available (through Amazon and others) for ridiculously low prices.
I've used many patterns over and over from this book, and
each has been a wonderful finish.
Definitely worth adding to your library!

my story and sticking with it

I have a wedding quilt gift to make.
The wedding was a few years ago, so, yes, it's due.
I awaited the color choice of the wedding couple before I got started.
Their answer was:  'Neutrals.  Maybe with some blue?'
My question back was which color of blue?
Marine? Baby? Navy? Aqua? Turquoise?, etc...

Finally, working with/talking through their momma, 
I got the answer: 
'Navy?'

So, after three+ years of awaiting answers
 (: That's my story and I'm sticking with it! :),
I've chosen some fabrics:

Some from the Lexington line, some from Songbird, 
and other random pieces from my stash.
Fat quarters totalling:  3 3/4 yards light, 2 3/4 yards medium/dark, and then 1 3/4 yards dark & blues (the pattern called for red/greens for this).
This fabric accumulation has been hanging out on my table this past week...
and after seeing this photo again, I think I'll pull out the light, fifth from the left - too medium looking.  Also, the flash on the blues make them look too bright, so I may pull the blue with stars, second from right.

I'm using a pattern called Anniversary Stars, 

 from the book: 40 Fabulous Quick Cut Quilts by Evelyn Sloppy. 
I've used more than a handful of patterns from this book, and love it.  They are quick to cut, the directions are great, with nice illustrations.
But. 
Though the quilts ARE quick cut,  
they. are. NOT. quick. to. sew. back. together.
So, this may take me a while. Longer.

I used this exact quilt pattern for this recipient's sister's wedding gift.  
And it's great for this couple, too.  Ohio Star looking for an Ohio-born couple.  The title of Anniversary Stars, great for a wedding gift I think.
I just need to find a border fabric.  Hopefully THAT won't take me another year.

I fell off the wagon - hard!

The fabric wagon, that is.
I'm talking fabric acquisition.

I've been a very, very bad girl...
And I had been so good the entire 7 month so far this year!

The fabric that made me fall off the wagon
was a line that I knew was coming out early Summer, 
so I thought I'd purposefully missed it.
But when a friend showed her recent fabric purchase on her blog,
I knew I was in trouble. (Thanks, Rosemary!)

It just took a quick, online search, and
there it was...
the whole collection...
I really did it - all 15 pieces of the collection...
Click.
Done.
Off the Fabric Wagon, just like that.
KABOOM!!
Did you DJ girls hear that all the way up in Michigan, ? :)

Snowbird has come to my house!

I ordered this beautiful collection 
from Wanda at Old South Fabrics, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
and was SO pleased with the service!  
I immediately received an order confirmation and thank you by email. 
The next day I had a shipping confirmation and
within a couple of days my order arrived! 
The fabric was very nicely packaged.
It came double-wrapped, 
first in this beautiful tulle presentation, then in plastic.

and there was a very nice thank-you note attached.
Included was a copy of my order with fabric swatch pictures.
AND to top it off?  They offer free shipping (for an over $75 order - like that would be a problem).
I will certainly be ordering from Old South Fabrics again!

so pretty! and I can't wait to start another project!! :)

And then, because I was on a roll, 
Click. 
Done.
KABOOM, again!
This time from the Fabric Shack in Waynesville, Ohio:

some reproductions

some text-y fabrics

Piecemakers by Kathy Schmitz/Moda

So, you ask, are there particular plans for these new fabric acquisitions?
Nope. Not really.  
It all started because I need to make a wedding quilt gift and the chosen colors were neutrals and blues.  
But I don't know if I can cut into any of these gorgeous fabrics anytime soon! :)

SO,
here I am,
climbing back up on the wagon.
I will be good.
I will be good.
Shop only my stash.
I WILL be good.

Until the next time. :)