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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Tangerine Tango

This cute little asterisk mini quilt is my entry
 for the Tangerine Tango Challenge on Flickr.


One of my college roommates LOVED orange . . . 
I can still picture her in one of her many orange sweatshirts!
And I never really liked it until I started quilting.
But now I LOVE the brightness and energy
 that the color orange gives to quilts!

I did an all over pebble quilting design in the white spaces,
to make the colors pop.
I love the texture created by pebble quilting!

This mini quilt is actually a pillow -- 
for the back I used this bright "good earth" print
by Alexander Henry--
lots of the tangerine shade of orange in this print!
Linking up to Finish it up Friday at crazymomquilts!
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11 comments:

  1. DebbieJanuary 19, 2012 at 7:57 PM

    Oh I love your tangerine asterisk quilt! Your quilting is awesome too! So nicely done!

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  2. Heather D.January 19, 2012 at 8:31 PM

    It's awesome!! I hope to be able to do that kind of pebble quilting some day. Love the splashes of blue in the binding too.

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  3. Katie BJanuary 19, 2012 at 8:31 PM

    This looks great, I love the little pops of blue on the binding.

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  4. Richard HealeyJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:01 PM

    I like that block. I think it should do well.


    http://richardquilts.blogspot.com

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  5. KirstenJanuary 20, 2012 at 2:06 AM

    Love the pebbly quilting Michelle - great design!!

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  6. Sarah @ FairyFace DesignsJanuary 20, 2012 at 2:21 AM

    Love it! The colours pop so nicely :-)

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  7. GillJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:11 AM

    Gorgeous! I love the colours!

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  8. Irelle @ Jibberish DesignsJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:32 AM

    I just discovered your blog and LOVE your work. This is a great pillow top. Thanks for the tutorial on how to make the blocks.

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  9. AlliJanuary 20, 2012 at 11:14 AM

    That is a super cute pillow cover! I bet it would look great with a bunch of friends in other colors... :D

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  10. Katy CameronJanuary 20, 2012 at 2:47 PM

    Ooh, I like! Love the touch of blue in there and the pebble quilting

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  11. NickyJanuary 21, 2012 at 2:24 PM

    Love it - orange is good!

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