Pattern/Technique: Balance Quilt by Skyclad Quilts
Modifications: none
Materials: Kona cotton in the following colorways (Aurifil 50 wt colorways in brackets)
Windsor 3/4 yd (2800)
Dresden 1/2 yd (2710)
Cloud 1/4 yd (2524)
Sky 1/4 yd (2775)
Cantaloupe 1/4 yd
Nectarine 1/4 yd
Flame 1/8 yd/remnant (2245) for sun
White 1/8 yd/remnant for moon
Natural 2 yd for backing
New skills: Adding a quilt label
Lessons: Drew chalk lines using my chaco liner for quilting guides which worked significantly better than a metal quilting arm on the presser foot.
Went from dark to light while quilting so that if I needed to cheat the width of a quilted line a little bit it blended into the closer spaced lines in the lighter colored section.
Important info to include in a quilt label: the name of the quilt, who it’s for, who pieced and/or quilted it, when it was finished. Optional: thoughts / feelings / wishes from when the quilt was made or for the recipient.
What I'd do differently: I only quilted 12 rays coming out of the sun, and while I like the look of this, I think doing 24 would add additional stability to the batting in a heavily used baby quilt.
Care: Machine wash cold, tumble dry low.