Quilt #22: Multi Starburst Quilt

My 22nd quilt, "Multi Starburst Quilt" and my second finish of 2014.

I think this quilt holds a lot of titles for me: scrappiest, most stash use/least fabric bought, most colorful. I purchased the two batik prints used in the top as well as the binding fabric, everything else was stash. It's probably also my smallest quilt finish that wasn't intended to be a mini quilt or a wall hanging -- only about 34x33. There was absolutely no real plan for making this, other than wanting to continue playing with starburst blocks, so I'm not particularly put out over the size (though a little larger might have been slightly better).

Being made mostly of scrap pieces, this one contains little bits of favorite fabrics. The batik background used in this starburst block was my very last scrap left from the Happily Ever After Quilt (which is still my largest project, but also one of my very favorites). The grey with multi-dots is another of my very favorites - it was initially for a dress, but ultimately wound up being used in several of my bag making adventures because I wanted to keep it for myself -- and didn't have enough to make me clothes out of it!

The majority of the prints used in this block are leftovers from fat quarters I bought and have horded for myself as well. The purse I made for myself used both the citron and grey/aqua/citron prints, I've used the purple in zipper bags for myself before, and the navy floral is one of my all time favorites and something I part with very reluctantly.

The back - as I always say - is incredibly scrappy. I used mostly leftovers from my last few quilts - including this one - but I added the center print and the black floral intentionally from my stash. The tiny cupcake - which I never remember I want a picture of - was the beginning point of this back and I just kind of built out from there. I love the white animal/floral print in the center - even though I'm usually the last person to want whites for a quilt - and once I added the dark binding, I was really glad I went black floral in the corner (I have a similar print in cream that I almost used instead). 

Everything went through the wash and dry just fine - no signs of stitching being too loose or any other danger signs. I'm glad for that, because it looks like I am going to have to do another wash cycle with this one! I used a color catcher with it just to be safe, and it showed a lot more pink than I'm happy with. 

The raspberry color used as the background of the largest burst has a tendency to bleed dye more than I like. I thought I had it under control after a prewash of the fabrics, but this has me thinking I should wash it at least once more (perhaps with a white sock instead as a test) before sending it on to anyone else. 

While I do absolutely have my fingers crossed on a home for this one - I'm waiting to hear back whether pink/purple is going to work for this set - I also two back up plans. I think this quilt is just a blast of color and fun, and I just want to see it go to one of the many, many new babies that will be arriving in my circle this summer or fall. I hope I can find someone who will appreciate the colors and kind of randomness as much as I do!