Quilt Along Midnight Stars

I finished my little "Midnight Stars" quilt this week. The pattern comes from a quilt-along project on Humble Quilts, a blog I enjoy following. This is her third quilt-along where she posts directions for making a little reproduction quilt. I think her directions are just great, easy to understand and quite complete. This little quilt with it's fairly detailed blocks went together really easily.

Her quilt used blue for the background, but I just didn't have any dark blues I thought would work. so mine is black, with cheddar and red. The backing is a brown piece with little gold hearts, which is perfect for a February finish. I did her Cheddar Cheese and Crackers quilt, but I haven't started the Strawberry one yet. I think I want to tackle that before spring is gone.

I also finished the block for last week's Civil War block of the week, Richmond. I like the gray and pink and brown fabrics I used. Besides these, I am working on a wall hanging for Georgia's nursery in wool applique and her yellow an gray quilt for her  room. I am about two thirds of the way finished cutting it out. I have read that cutting as you go is the way many "artists" work because they can adjust colors and such as they see they need to. I find that a much slower process, and once I get all the pieces cut, I can just sew and sew. I like that. However, I am not afraid to throw out a block and cut new fabric to fix something wrong with colors. I've been reading about design walls. Just don't know where that would work in my house. It would have to be temporary, for sure. I use the double bed in the guest room to lay out whole quilts before I sew, but I guess that is not the same.