Polaris

The second "Quilt The North" subscription box made a FPP design by Karen Neary from Nova Scotia. I have made a couple of Karen's patterns, before, and they look fabulous when they are finished. 

This is my version of her Maritime Beauty Pattern.

i must admit that I am a little out of practice, so this one isn't perfect, but I still like it a lot.

I didn't get it balanced on the hanger, so it looks a bit drunken.

The kit included enough pink fabric for the back, but I saw this piece of fabric waving from my stash, so I used it for the back.

It is some fabric from 2024,  called Purely Canadian, Eh! Woodland animals looking up at the Northern lights.

In the Polaris quilt, the Northern Lights are represented by the flying geese. I deviated from the pattern, in my placement of the geese and in my colours.

Aurora come in all of these lovely colours. I usually see shades of green and purple, here, but my son, in Northern Alberta, has sent me pictures of red. I checked my stash and found a piece of red, from the same fabric line. So I added some red.

I also made my geese more chaotic.  Some years ago, I was flying to the west coast, on an evening flight. I looked out the window at the right moment, and the Northern Lights were all around the plane, dancing, swirling, changing colours. It was totally beautifully chaotic. I tried to add that feeling to my quilt.

Since Ursa Major and Ursa Minor point to the North Star (Polaris). I added them to the quilting.

Karen suggested a scrappy binding, and I happily used up my piecing leftovers to make a random, scrappy binding.

The quilt is 24" x 24" and I'm looking for a place to hang it.

I tried to finish this before the next Quilt the North box came, but I missed by one day. Not bad. I celebrated by enjoying my Peace by Chocolate bar that came with the Polaris box.

If you want to find out more about Auroras, you can look here.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26381685