One Art Quilt a Month - 2025 Quilting Goal - What I learned in April

APRIL: The Star Dust Motel

the story

When you need a break, you are always welcomed at the Star Dust Motel. 
Pull-in, check-in, and sit a spell watching the stars come out. 
Snuggle up in a pile of cozy pillows next to warm lamp light and read a while. Everything may be a little old, but it feels so familiar. 
At the Star Dust Motel time stands still so you can catch up.



This quilt, The Star Dust Motel, took a lot of chopping, sewing, more chopping, re-arranging, and more sewing to work itself out. I had a big idea with lots of moving parts. I wanted to capture a place and a time period that was less crazy, slower, kinder. I wanted humor and unexpected whimsy. I wanted to use retro colors and fruity fabric and a cat instead of a person. I combined painting on fabric, raw edged appliqué, piecing, sashing, FMQ quilting and lettering.

My take away from all of this is that there are an infinite number of ways to tell a story in fabric. Quilted fiction, as I call it, is a two way conversation that expands and spins around an idea. The more I tried to tame my idea and make it tell its story in a logical, sequential manner, the more it rebelled. Is in the end I decided to steer clear of anything normal and let the quilt have an epic slice of fun!
My advice to you is to remember: Your story, your quilt, your way! 
Pick a little idea and have a play date with it and have some fun!








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