Sea Breezey not-so-mini quilt

A few weeks ago I decided to join in with the Sea breeze mini QAL. 

It is hosted by Angie @ Gnome Angel using the Sea Breeze pattern by Megan @ Canoe Ridge Creations.

I really loved Megans use of solids in the original mini quilt so I chose to do a fairly similar colour scheme using a bundle of organic Prima solids I bought from my local Spotlight store some time ago.

 There are quite a number of different ways to make HST and this time,  I wanted to try out the "Magic 8" tutorial which yields 8 HST at a time 

 I certainly think it was a lot quicker to make the HST this way rather than the traditional method.

I quilted this in a basic grid pattern, just echoing the main seams a quarter of an inch on either side.

This quilt finishes at 22.5 " which is on the larger side for a mini quilt.

I am quite keen to make another one but I might downsize the HST's so the mini finishes a little smaller.
This project was on my list of finishes for the Q3 FAL hosted by Katy @ The Littlest Thistle. Also linking up with Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory.
Kirsten.