Stand Out Starburst in Make Modern

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I'm always excited to have a new pattern in Make Modern magazine, but today I'm super extra excited...my Stand Out Starburst pattern is not only in the magazine, it's on the cover!! You can get Make Modern issue 40 here. Or you can subscribe, which will also give you access to the current issue.

I had fun traipsing through the woods on snowshoes one Sunday afternoon to take these pictures, and it sure feels fabulous to see one was deemed cover worthy.

If you've spent any amount of time here, then you know I love digging into my scrap fabric and this baby quilt is perfect for scrap busting. Mine even uses at least two brands of black solid fabric, along with the scraps of low volumes and blues. There are lots of Island Batik scraps from my time as an ambassador, fabrics I've had for years and years along with fabrics that were part of recent quilts. That's the best thing about scrappy quilts, isn't it?

I really love how the low volume and blue fabrics stand out against the solid black background.

As always, I had a lot of fun with the quilting. I used 50 wt Aurifil thread in colours to match the fabrics. With the solid black backing, the cream and light blue threads show up really well, while the sections quilted with black thread still have a beautiful texture. I quilted wishbones in the starbursts.

And continuous curves in the low volume squares. With both of those designs, I was able to quilt the sections in long diagonal lines, meaning I needed very few stops and starts. It made the quilting go very quickly.

All the heart eyes for that texture!

It was a bit windy the day I took Stand Out Starburst into the woods for pictures and the quilt was determined to fly. Those little sewing clips did a great job of holding on to it!

Head over to Make Modern to get your copy of issue 40 or your subscription for 6 months, 12 months or the All Access Subscription, which gives you access to all 40 issues they've published.

This is probably my favourite shot of the whole photo shoot, taken while I was laying in the snow 😊 It has been grey and drizzly around here for weeks now, so I could really use some of that sunshine today!

I'll be linking up with NTT, TGIFF, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop, Beauties Pageant, and Finished (or Not) Friday.