It’s April, which means it can officially be declared springtime!  And just in time for spring is my finished Spring Fling quilt.

It’s still looking a little brown and dreary in my photos, but the weather in New York the past few days has certainly felt a lot more like spring than winter.  Yea!

I started this quilt back in January using Gina Martin’s Wrens & Friends collection by Moda that I got for Christmas.  The quilt came together pretty quickly but then it took a while for me to decide on the back.  I ended up using the Cream Star Bloom pattern from the collection and I am really happy with that choice.

I also added a line of scrap pieces I had leftover and I’m glad I did.  It makes the back just a little bit more interesting by doing that.

For the binding I debated what to do, but in the end decided the bright blue was the way to go.  I thought about going with one of the lighter patterns or solids, but I wanted one of the darker solids to really define the binding, so blue it was.

You can read more about how this quilt came together here.  Happy Spring, everyone!

Happy Super Bowl Sunday.  Are you planning to watch the game tonight?  I’m going to my friends’ apartment to eat Mexican food (hello guacamole) and watch the game with them.  But I think there will be more eating and laughing than game watching, and that is why I celebrate Super Bowl Sunday.

Now back to quilts!

My wonky blocks with Moda’s Wrens & Friends collection are done and I am so pleased with the quilt top.  I really love how it turned out, and love the happy Spring colors that make me forget it is February.  And cold.  And snowy.  And just kind of miserable outside.

As a reminder, here is the fabric (designed by Gina Martin) that I mixed in some solids with, most of which are Kona.

Each block is the same size but I tried to vary the cuts and shapes that make up the block.

This was made with fat quarters and it was just enough fabric for the quilt top.  I wanted to do one more column of blocks along the side but I didn’t have enough fabric left, so instead I added scraps of fabric between blocks to make the quilt a little wider.

This method actually ended up working pretty well and gives it an even more wonky look that I like.

Now I have to figure out the back.  It will probably be awhile before I get to it because I am completely out of the Wrens & Friends fabric and I want to use some of that for the back.  I am going to choose the fabric pattern that I like best from the collection and then get a big piece of that to use.  I think I’m leaning towards the pattern called Cream Star Blooms.  That’s the one on the top right in the fabric image early in the post.  Do you have a favorite?

Happy Friday!  Who is ready for some weekend quilting?  I’ve got a couple of projects in the works that I plan on tackling.  My first one I wrote about Monday is almost done, and the second is currently in progress. 

Remember Moda’s Wrens & Friends collection I got for Christmas? 

Those fat quarter bundles are no more.  They are taking shape into some wonky blocks that I am really loving.  To complement Wrens & Friends I’ve added some bright, happy solids, and this quilt is looking a lot more like springtime than the dead of January that we are all dealing with.

What do you have planned for this weekend?  Have a great one!