Sharon Quilt

Members of the Heartstrings Group were challenged to make a Sharon Quilt. My top was finished and previously posted here. Yesterday I completed the quilting and binding. I quilted it with serpentine stitching along the seams between blocks and 2 diagonal straight stitching across each block, making an X on the block. The serpentine stitching very nicely held the block seams which tend to be thicker on a string quilt. I used white fleece as backing. 

On My Design Wall

Decided it was time to get the Sharon quilt (a heartstrings project) done or at least started. Started it last night by cutting strips and sewing a few blocks.

I have mostly fat quarters and very little yardage so my choices were quite limited. I started with the dark blue which has white and orange lines in it. Added a strip of white and a strip of orange, then continued selecting fabrics I thought would work. This little quilt is certainly taking me beyond my comfort level as it is quite different from what I would normally put together but so far I really like it.