Cosmos Ribbon

I was lucky enough this past week to have the chance to work with artist Laura Gunn's upcoming line, Cosmos. Laura sent me a charm pack with 5" squares of each of her new designs and Painter's Canvas. As usual, the fabric is beautiful. If I had to pick a favorite, I think it would be the Tiny Cosmos print. I'm already thinking I need to buy more and make some pillows for my couch with it.

I was debating what I should do with charms, and I decided to use the Ribbon Star tutorial from the Solstice Stars Series, with some minor changes. Since the charms were a bit larger than I needed for the 12" block, I decided to increase all the squares that make the block slightly (up to 4" x 4" after trimming rather than 3.5" x 3.5"). Simple enough change that resulted in a slightly larger finished block.

I also decided to use several different shades of tan for the background rather than white. I just randomly selected these as I was sewing my HSTs. I quilted in diagonals, 1/4" away from each side of the diagonal seams. The binding is Skinny Stripes in Citron, from another Laura Gunn collection, Poppy.