WIP: Orange peel Snowflake

So, my friend Jessica, over at Quilty Habit, has been hosting a Orange Peel Quilt Along this summer.  I was so busy with the Giant Pink Star quilt that I wasn't really sewing along, other than with good intentions and lots of brainstorming.  Well, this week and next week the final link up is open, and I'm finally making progress on mine!

Working on the layout.  That center part is a Flower of Life pattern, which has shown up in my quilting before.

I was originally going to use a mini charm pack I had, which dictated how small these are.  But when it came to actually using the cute little squares, I just couldn't bear to waste so much fabric...so I decided to use the backing scraps from the Giant Pink Star Quilt--it's Carolyn Friedlander's Crosshatch in grey.

The background fabric is Moda Bella in Charcoal--it's a little darker than Kona Charcoal, which I'll show in some future post.

These orange peels are actually Joseph's Coat (or Jacob's coat) pieces, but since I got my inspiration photo from Jess, I figured it was okay.  Plus it's the same method for making them, they're just narrower.  I used the interfacing method on these--pressing each section down with an iron so it wouldn't shift around.

Snowflake layout.

It was a bit tricky getting the intersections to look nice.

Once I had them all lightly fused on, I basted the quilt, using some Quilter's Dream batting I got from Massdrop.  I quilted the petals on using my free motion foot, and then quilted the areas between them:

Despite the interfacing there was some shifting when sewing them down.

I am loving the lattice-like look and texture from this quilting!

Quilting detail around the Joseph's coat/orange peels.

The backing is Kona Purple.  Here's a peek at the border quilting from the back:

Pebbles and snowflake quilting!

I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow and share it by Friday!