Peppermint Pizzaz, quilted!

I wrote about this "Peppermint Pizzaz" table topper here,

 a few weeks ago. 

This is what I need to machine quilt, the foot, my grippy gloves that make my arms tense :) and of course my quilt.  

I think it took about 5 hours to quilt.

There, it's all quilted!

Now I cut off the batting, flush with the edge of the quilt.

Sew the binding on.

Handstitch the binding onto the back of the quilt.

Yeah, it's finished!  Always a great feeling :)

I wanted the peppermints to stand out a little, so I machine quilted in the ditch.  I quilted jigsaw shapes on the rest of the quilt.

I stitched in the ditch with the pinwheel stars, and the squares outlining them.

I just love the fabric I chose for the back, and I love the horizontal striped binding.

Quilts always look more beautiful after they are quilted :)

Peppermint Pizzaz

Peppermint Pizzaz is a 43" X 43" table topper by Cotton Way.

The cutting instructions are simple, as well as the sewing instructions.  Because of the pinwheel stars and flying geese, I would call this an "intermediate" level pattern.  I enjoyed sewing it, but am not pleased with the colors I chose.

I love the fabrics in the peppermints, they are from the Vintage Modern line, designed by Bonnie and Camille.

The peppermint sticks were supposed to be sewn a different way.  The pattern says to cut six strips of fabric, sew them together, and then cut them on the diagonal for the peppermint sticks, with skinny borders around them.  I thought the red and white striped Vintage Modern fabric with little polka dots was perfect for the peppermint sticks, so I just cut the fabric into peppermint shapes instead of using the method stated in the pattern.  

I prefer the peppermint sticks in the pattern, versus mine!

The star quilt block is one of my favorites, and I especially like this one with the pinwheels in the middle :)  

The fabrics I chose for my table topper are much too faint.  

There should be some popping of color going on.....some rich reds.

I like my background compared to the one in the pattern, it is from the Ruby line.

It took a lot of sewing hours to finish this table topper.  Too many just to have it sit on the kitchen table.  

It would make a pretty wall hanging but I don't really need one.

I'm really not that thrilled with the results, mainly because of the colors (or lack of color) of the stars.

I have a confession.......as I was sewing the rows of the table topper together, I was watching TV. I guess I wasn't paying attention and sewed the rows together without the sashing. Ugh! I had to do a lot of seam ripping......ouch!

I still need to purchase some fabric for the back so that I can machine quilt it, and will show you the finished product.

Did I mention that I'm teaching this class at the quilt shop?