From Start to Finish . . .

In less than 3 days!

Inspiration struck Thursday morning,

and I starting laying out HSTs.

(HSTs are Moda's Arcadia fabric)

 Thursday night I stayed up late trimming blocks.

 During the day on Friday I sewed the quilt top together.

After the kids were in bed Friday night,

I added Kona Ivory for the borders,

pin basted the quilt, and marked it for quilting.

 I used my Pilot Frixion pen
to mark 3 1/2 in squares in the solid border,

to match the 3 1/2 inch HSTs.

Whew!  

Went to bed at midnight (or a little after)!

Started quilting at 7am Saturday morning,

after Holly woke me up.

Finished the quilting Saturday afternoon,

while the girls colored this masterpiece:

Art Print to color yourself, found on Etsy

I sewed the binding on by hand on Saturday night,

since by then I was pretty tired of sitting in front of my sewing machine!

Finished at 11:18pm.

Sunday morning photos:

52" x 58"

I free motion quilted "orange peels,"

using this tutorial by the lovely QuiltyGirl.

The backing is the Katie Jump Rope orange dots,

so soft and cozy!

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