Almost Finished : :

Happy June 1st! After a way too busy May, I was so excited to flip that calendar to June. One last week of busy, or three more "wake-ups" if I'm using Haila's countdown, and then the Summer fun begins. I can't wait! With all the busyness these past few days, I was happy to find just enough time over the weekend to finish up my latest Diamond Strings Quilt!

This is my favorite one yet! I made it much more scrappy and switched up my block design just a little to form yellow diamonds wherever four blocks meet. The warm yellow clusters seem to sparkle and glow amidst the layers of prints and colors. I love it!

This one I finished simply, using a yellow Aurifil stitched close to each seam running top to bottom and left to right, to attach my Crimson Dance quilt back. I love this unique shade of red, especially when paired with these warm honey yellows and denim blues. The lacy, floral pattern is just sweet enough to add some needed femininity to this otherwise pretty gender neutral quilt. To blend in I wound my bobbin thread with a red Aurifil. This is the first time I've used so much of this print and I'm loving it as a quilt back!

For the binding I used one of Art Gallery Fabrics' new Prisma Elements in Sapphire Sparkle. These are my new favorite blenders to use, they're making it into almost all of my projects these days, especially the ones that have a touch of metallic shimmer!

Now that it's all finished, I'm moving right onto my Etno Diamond Criss Cross Quilt. Another quilt as you go! My backing and binding fabrics just arrived a couple of days ago!

This sketch floral Stitched Anthomania print is my favorite from the Etno collection. I can wait to see all five yards of it become a beautiful backed quilt!

Here's to hoping I can get this one completely finished before school's out this Thursday! We shall see!

♡ Maureen