Galaxy quilts

Commissioned quilt with added weight (poly pellets) to soothe a young boy with sensory issues. 35 x 45 in. July 2012.

Pictures - Galaxy Warm Wishes top done - I just put the borders on my Warms Wishes made with galaxy fabric that I got for Christmas. It was hard to decide on the borders, but I finally just made a decision and went with it. Thanks to all of you who gave me opinions on the border selection. That always helps. The quilt

As promised, here’s my construction process of the galaxy quilt from start to finish. (I’m still referring to it as ‘the galaxy quilt’ because I haven’t decided on a …

This galaxy quilt was made using half square triangles

This is the weighted quilt I wrote about a few days ago. As I mentioned, weighted quilts can be calming or soothing for people who have sensory issues (such as many people on the autism spectrum) or restless legs. I had to photograph it lying flat on the ground, because the added weight means it won't hang nicely on a wall, even if I had tape strong enough to hold it! It's 35 x 45in. I started with a 14x18 layout of squares cut from my stars stash (and a few plainer dark blues), layered the…

Welcome to those dropping by from the Aurifil blog! If not, check out my guest post on AURIbuzz where I was challenged by OLFA and Aurifil in the Slice & Stitch Challenge, a monthly event during which one Aurifil Artisan and one OLFA Ambassador each share how they put an OLFA tool and a specific weight of Aurifil thread to work. I had the privilege of using 80 wt Aurifil and the OLFA Rotary Circle Cutter. Don't tell anyone, but this was really not challenging. Both are soooooo easy to use…

Now that voting and judging has been completed I can share with you all the story of how my challenge piece came together. If you want to...