Peacock Moda Love Star

The peacock Moda Love star quilt is back from the long arm quilters at Calico Point. I selected an overall quilting design with curliques and hearts. I think it looks very nice.

The color isn't true in this photo, it's more purple colored. I had this problem when I showed the pieced flimsy. Roseanne suggested I show some blue fabric which I did in this picture, it helped some but it's still not the true color.

A bed picture which shows the quilting texture.

This finished quilt measures 81.5" square.

The pattern to Moda Love is here.

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Peacock Moda Love Star

 I've been working on a quilt for another granddaughter behind the scenes. I started last December and used the Moda Love pattern which was available in 3 sizes. 

I was going to link to the pattern but Moda says it is no longer available which is sad because it was a great pattern. I can't even pull up the Moda Bake Shop! Is that just me or other people having a problem too?

Update - Linda commented she tracked down the pattern. Here is the link. If you want the pattern, I suggest you download it to your computer just in case Moda moves it again.

The pattern for this size uses a layer cake but I used yardage and cut my own squares. This is a two fabric quilt using a fabric that has both purple and turquoise, this granddaughter's favorite colors.

I added a 2" finished background border to float the star then a 3" finished outside border. I would have liked to have made the flimsy a little bigger but I didn't have enough of the peacock fabric. Right now the quilt top measures 82".

I sew a narrower seam when I make the HST's then trim the blocks. This way I'm sure I have the correct size. I don't like Omnigrid rulers but this is one I inherited from my mother and it works. I don't need a 12.5" square ruler very often so I'm ok with it. I added the little sandpaper circles to give the ruler some grip.

I couldn't get the peacock fabric to show it's true colors in the whole quilt photo. This closer up partial star looks slightly better but it's still not true colors.

This was another fast and easy project, sometimes you just need simple!

Linking to To Do Tuesday, Midweek Makers, Clever Chameleon, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday