A Project Of Planets
One gal I worked with several years ago has a sweet little boy now. She has had me make him two quilts already and now as he is getting bigger she requested another. This quilt's theme: the solar system! I gave her some ideas from what I could find online and she chose a very simple one. It is simply appliqued planets on a sea of blue! Choosing the fabrics for each planet was fun and I was able to use some more of my stash. We did include Pluto in our project as we both learned it as a planet in school. It is also one of her little guy's favorites. I am not the biggest fan of actually doing applique so I was looking for an easy way to do it. I went with a stitch and flip method (not sure if it has a name) to give me my nice, smooth rounded planet edges to stitch down. I cut out two of each planets main fabric, placed them right sides together and then stitched all the way around. Next I pulled the layers away from each other and cut a slit in the back fabric big enough f