This quilt is Northern Lights. It is made from 10 fat quarters - 9 of them were from McKenna Ryan's Glacier Lights line, 1 was a grey tone on tone that went fairly well with the rest and yardage for the borders. It was made using a free-form Bargello style of piecing. The original quilt flowed better than this one, but I am pleased with the results, and it is a finished quilt as opposed to a collection of fabric in my drawer now.
I had a good sized piece of the border fabric left, but not enough for the back. I also had a nice batik that I felt really went well, but it wasn't nearly large enough, either, so I decided to make a pieced backing. In order to keep it simple I cut strips that were 12 1/2 inches tall and pieced the border fabric and batik along with some other pieces that were left from the top, and some prints that I thought really looked like they went well with the border fabric. I really like the subtle colors and shading in the finished back!
The finished quilt - the colors really reflect our current weather - very gray and drippy! I quilted the color waves in green variegated and blue variegated threads. The batting is 100% cotton, and once this is washed it will be so lovely and soft and have wonderful texture! It measures 61 inches wide and 64 inches tall, and is available for purchase in my Etsy shop - Northern Lights.
This is the project I drew for my February project! So excited - all it needs is quilting and it will be finished! I purchased the backing this week, so plan on having this one done early in the month. I'm thinking of some type of a feather in the red triangles, but what to do on the rest? It's pretty busy, so the quilting won't make a huge impact, but it would be nice to do something a little more interesting as long as it doesn't take me forever to finish. I'll gladly take any suggestions you can offer (hint, hint!)
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I love both of these quilts! Yay for finishing up your WIPS!
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