The Milky Way Medallion quilt I have been working on for some time now is finally finished! I named the quilt after the the Milky Way galaxy because I wanted to emphasize the stars on the quilt, hopefully the name will evoke thoughts of space not of a delicious chocolate and caramel candy bar.
Since learning to meander a few months back I have been itching to try it on a full size quilt and knew that this was the perfect quilt for it. I used a variegated Star brand white, yellow, orange, and green thread that blended beautifully with all the fabrics. I was a little nervous about using the thread since it was my first time using the brand and it thicker than the thread I normally use.
After finishing the quilting I can say I love the look of the thread but man did it shed and create a ton of lint build-up in my machine. A small price to pay for the result I achieved because it really pulled all the fabrics together without taking away from the design of the quilt.
For the back of the quilt I used an extra wide backing fabric in green called Spin by Windham Fabrics. I bound it in Artisan Spirit Shimmer Metallic Silver Speckles and Dots fabric by Northcott fabrics. I have to say it is one of my fabric lines so simple but beautiful!
I had a blast making my first medallion quilt and I am working on the pattern for this quilt. It will probably require me to make a second version to make sure I get the measurements right but I don’t think I’ll mind.
Thanks for all the encouragement and support I recieved while creating this quilt! I hope you are having a wonderful day!
Elise
Linking up with:
Fabric Tuesday @ Quilt Story
Lets Be Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
WIP Wednesday @ Freshly Pieced
Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation
Fabric Frenzy Friday @ Fort Worth Fabric Studio
TGIFF @ Devoted Quilter
Your finished quilt is fabulous! The variegated thread really does play well with your bold colors.
Thank you so much! It was a nice quilt to be able to experiment a little more with color and pattern.
Beautiful quilt! … 🙂 Pat
This is lovely! Such great colours and I love the medallion design. Well done!
Are you kidding?! This is amazing…I don't know where to start! Apologize if I have said this already (or for that matter, if I haven't!) but this is just gorgeous. I love the colors, the variety of the patterns that work so well together and your quilting is perfect! Bravo!
Wonderful. I can't wait to see the pattern for it.
Thank you. I have to make another version to make sure the measurements and directions are correct so look for another version in the next month or so.
This is amazing! It came out beautifully. Such an eye for color you have!
Beautiful quilt. Love those citrus-y colours. Your quilting looks great too.
Thanks! I needed a bright spring/summery quilt to get me through this never ended winter. These bright colors really helped cheer me up!
Looks so amazing! The colours are lovely together and the quilting is fantastic!
Thank you! I love picking out colors for fabric and it was nice to be able to practice my meandering skills.
SO gorgeous. 🙂
omg. I just pinned the heck out of this quilt! I am drooling and swooning over your color choices!!! I love it!!
Just stunning, Elise! Love all of your choices – from design to fabrics to thread. And when I read your title, I absolutely was thinking stars… until you mentioned chocolate… *leaves to find chocolate*… ; )
Simply beautiful! I didn't think about the candy bar until you brought it up, but now I want chocolate. I blame you. 😉
Love, love, love the quilting, Elise! The variegated thread looks great! So happy you are looking to make this into a pattern. It's a fabulous design!
this medallion quilt is absolutely stunning Elise! I love the colors and that there is so much to look at in the patterns! btw- I am choosing to use citrus colors for my Triangle QAL, so pretty similar hues!
Thanks so much for showing this off at Needle and Thread Thursday!
🙂 Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation
It looks great! The colours are fabulous, and I did think of stars and not chocolate. But now I'm thinking of chocolate! Thanks for linking to TGIFF.
So so so gorgeous. Love the colours on the grey
I really love your colours on grey , wonderful finish !
What a gorgeous quilt! I love the look of the variegated quilting thread. It is fun but doesn't detract from the overall look of the quilt, which is what I would have been afraid of.
This brightly colored quilt is absolutely a work of art. Your color choice, choice of blocks, the detailed design, the use of variegated thread, everything you did to pull this pattern together is just amazing. Thank you for sharing it. I am truly inspired!
Thanks for sharing your progress as you made this quilt — I've enjoyed watching it grow and inspired by your focus — finished!!!
Hi, Elise. Dropped by from Sarah's blog and I'm glad I did–this is a sumptuous quilt. The variety of grays sets off the colors in the most wonderful way. Beautiful design as well–all around perfect!
best from Tunisia,
nadia
Oh, I love the finished quilt! Such a great design and I love those bright colors! 🙂 You did a fantastic job!
Thank you for linking up to Fabric Frenzy Friday!
-Lindsey
Fabric Frenzy Friday
This is gorgeous! I want to make a medallion quilt…I love the blocks you used. The stars are fabulous!
– Katelyn @ Sing While Crafting
Beautiful quilt, love the colours. The grey really sets off the citrus colours. Must keep them in mind for one of my quilts. That would mean I'd have to buy more fabric, bother hehe.
Just fantastic!!
This is such a gorgeous quitl! Love the thread choice…perfect.
This is such an amazing quilt!! Beautiful colours and great pattern! And the quilting finishes it off beautifully!!
Looks like I finally need to learn how to meander–especially in that variegated thread. Beautiful!