All about that quilt, the one with the rainbow of fabrics

I'm so excited about the quilt I am working on right now.  Let's see if I can catch up on my progress. The name of the quilt is the Aviatrix Medallion, by Elizabeth Hartman.  This is a picture of the quilt from her website, http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/

How do you not fall in love with this.  The colors are happy, the design is awesome.  It screamed at me when I first saw it.  I bought the fabric pack from Pink Chalk Fabrics, http://www.pinkchalkfabrics.com  I would have ripped my hair out trying to find all the colors on this island.  Score one for my sanity.

I decided to be a big girl and cut all my colorful fabric first.  Score two for my sanity.  I even separated them into zippy bags, as suggested by Ms. Hartman.  This is making me feel very clever.  I love feeling clever.

Blah, blah, blah...I got the center medallion put together!

Tad bit intense, matching all these intersections.  Well, pretty darn close to matching all the intersections.

Sew up eight points?  Check.  Sew on background fabric?  Check.

Realize the center sticks up like a little hill?  Crap.

Time for some Yankee ingenuity.  Rippity-do-dah.  I separated the four quarters and restitched the seams, grabbing a slight bit more fabric at the center of the star.  Put those little bastards back together, squint my eyes a little, now it looks so much better!  I actually considered cutting and stitching a whole 'nuther center.  Then I got over it.

You'll just have to trust me that it looks way better in this picture than it did in the ones above.  Add the first border, and voila!  On our way!

I like this so much, maybe I should make it into a cape so I can wear it.