This was a pretty quick star to put together, not my favorite but as you can tell by the name the premise is pretty simple compared to the other stars: just two colors. Again I found myself in HST trimming hell but it was only a couple blocks, I guess that’s the advantage when doing…
Tag: quilt along
Another Star
This star was tricky and required a bit of faith in the author especially when it got the the 1/8 measurements. I’m not great at precise blocks and my 1/4 inch seam often seems to be anything but a 1/4″ but I pushed through and was just giddy with excitement when the block came out…
Ribbon Star
I had originally planned to make this block with a solid pink interior but carelessness in reading the directions lead to it being the background color like the original tutorial indicated. In the end I think I’m more pleased with that happy accident than had I made it pink. I was very careful in cutting…
Starting my Solstice Star Sampler
When I brought my queen size charming stars quilt out of hibernation to finally complete it I had the brilliant thought that I should combine machine quilting and hand quilting after I pieced the top. I had such a love hate relationship with that quilt that I couldn’t bear to let it be my first…