Sunshine Quilt

I had big plans for an entry into the quilting contest. Not only did I not finish it in time it also does not work as I had planned.  My idea was to make a small quilt to hang on the wall in a dark corner of my bedroom that had LEDs sewn onto it. The lights would be controlled by a timer so that it would turn on at sunrise. Well the lights work but the timer does not :(

This is my first quilt so please feel free to make comments or suggestions.

Step 1 What you will need:

Materials and Tools

• Fabric: I use a blueish batik print for the sky, yellow for the sun (a portion of which I tie dyed with turmeric, and a purple tie dyed backing.
• Batting (I used a light weight one)
• Matching thread, scissors/rotary cutter, pins, sewing machine
• Yellow embroidery thread.
• Sewing machine

For the lights I used a string of yellow battery powered Christmas lights and conductive thread.

Comments

[mikeasaurus]

Cool quilt, too bad about the timer though. There may be a work around involving those cheap solar garden lights, but then I guess you wouldn't be able to hang this in the dark corner of your room.
The picture shown when lit-up looks awesome! Timer aside, did it work to brighten up your space?

[ChrysN]

Thanks, I'm still thinking about a ways to get it to work , but otherwise it does really brighten up my room.

[Ninzerbean]

Very nice! Fantastic first quilt!

[ChrysN]

Thanks!

[Creativeman]

Yes, great job!