Christmas Starburst

I'm so excited to have this one ready to share for the holidays! 

A lot of love went in to quilting this one.  I started by just outline stitching the paper-pieced stars.  From there I moved on to the diamonds.  A lot of people have done this but I was inspired by the diamonds on @peachandhoneystudio's gorgeous version of this quilt.  It was a bit time consuming marking out all the diamonds but the quilting went fairly quickly.  

Next I moved to the sashing and quilted multiple parallel lines using the seams as guides.  I went back and forth on how to quilt the outer border but in the end I just extended these lines out.  It's fairly dense quilting but I love the way it makes the diamonds and stars pop.  

The texture is just amazing!

I spent a lot of time curled up under this one while I tacked down the binding and now it's ready for action this holiday season.  

I've got one more quilt in mind for this collection and I'd still really like to make this patchwork bow to add to the collection but for now I'm just enjoying all this loveliness.

Quilt Stats:

Finished quilt is 45" x 56"
Pattern:  Atomic Starburst by Violet Craft. 
Fabrics: Christmas in the City and Pure Solids in White Linen by Art Gallery Fabrics.
Batting: Quilter's Dream Orient Bamboo.
Thread: 50 wt. Aurifil in SilverWhite (2309).