Stellar Stars quilt

 I entered this quilt in a local quilt show and want to talk about the pattern.  It's Stellar Stars by Cristy Finch for Purple Daisies.

This quilt was very difficult to make! Each of the large 12 blocks had twelve pages of instructions.  I made it with my friend Nedra, it was a block of the month for the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild.

It definitely tested my skill levels.  I can't even remember all the techniques I learned, as it was approximately 5 years ago that I made it. Nedra and I would get together every month and work on one or more of the blocks.  There were templates, appliqué and foundation paper piecing.  Nedra would read all the instructions (I should have also) and would explain the process to me.  I felt like I was floundering with almost every block.  There were lots of points that didn't match and disasters like that.  The flying geese were really fun to make with triangles on a roll.  I really felt like this quilt was a train wreck!!!

Last year, I was caught up on getting my quilt tops machine quilted.  It was time to get Stellar Stars out of the closet and to my friend Marti at Lynny Lou Crafts in Gilbert, Arizona. She worked her magic on my quilt and wonder of wonders, I fell in love with my quilt!!!

Now I absolutely love it and don't see any of the unmatched points. 

I guess the moral of this story is, don't give up on your quilt. It can get a new life when it's machine quilted

Also, all the fabric was from my stash, even the grays for the flying geese. I did buy some Kona snow for the background though.  These days, I even have extra fabric for backgrounds in my stash.

Thank you for following, I hope you enjoyed my story and that maybe it helped you in your quilt journey :)

A Quilt Giveaway

I had a quilt giveaway a couple of weeks ago! I had about 15 quilts to show, and the winners were selected.

Reagan is the oldest and she chose the Checkerboard quilt, the pattern is in Lori Holt's Scrappiness is Happiness book. A lot of my squares are fussy cut and have little peek a boo pictures in them. Made of 

2 1/2" and 1 1/2" scraps.  It could be a leaders and enders quilt. I'm really happy that Reagan likes it, it was one of my favorites!

 Paisley surprised me and she chose the Christmas Jolly Bar 4 sampler quilt. I made it as a sew a long for Fat Quarter Shop. I think it's really pretty, it has little candy canes and Santa faces in the print, along with poinsettias and holly berries. It was the only Christmas quilt that was in the pile.

Even before I started making this quilt, I knew that Taylor would love it!  I thought of her the whole time I made it.  When it was displayed, she gasped 😂 Bonus, it has soft, pink minky on the back!

The quilt pattern is called Top Knot and is designed by Lindsey of Pen and Paper Designs.

I bought this kit from Little House Cottons. Normally I don't buy kits because I  have enough fabric in my stash to choose from, but I am in love with Kristen's fabric! I know that Riley loves anything with chickens and she grabbed it when she saw it :) Also, it's backed with a luxurious gold minty.

The pattern is by Cluck Cluck Sew.

My daughter in law Kim, chose my Blooming Bunches that I made at my Farm Girl quilt group.  We had a guideline of which blocks to use, and we chose some extra blocks to add to the quilt.  We put the blocks together following one of Lori Holt's patterns. I used Ruby Star Society fabrics only in my quilt and the colors are very vivid.  My background fabric had a silver print of flowers on it.

We all lounged around after the quilt giveaway. There wasn't a masculine quilt for my son to choose, but he is always warm to hot anyway.  One of these days I'll make a quilt just for him.

I forgot about labeling my quilts.  I guess I was just lazy.  Only Taylor's Top Knot quilt had a label. I think it's really cute too!  My next task is to make a label for everyone else's quilt and hand sew them on.

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Pineberry quilt, continued

 My grand daughter Lucy is doing such a great job at making her Pineberry blocks! She doesn't even look at the pattern anymore, she just puts all the pieces together.  

Block number 5 made, many more to go! 

I pick up Lucy after middle school, once or twice a week.  She gets to choose some treats and a drink out of the mini fridge downstairs. She makes sure to keep the food and drink away from her sewing station because I told her of some of my misfortunes, lol!

Lucy said that these strawberries look like candy!  Last night, her parents were over and Lucy was showing them her wineberries on the design wall and which ones were her favorites.  She then showed them the sewing pouch I made for her and all the sewing goodies inside.  I'll have to show you that on my next post :)

I work on my own sewing projects while Lucy sews, it's great to have her company!  My husband and I drove Lucy home on the golf cart, I let Lucy sit in the front.  We found an empty parking lot and let Lucy drive to her hearts content, about 20 minutes.  She practiced parking between the white lines and used the camera and mirrors to back up. She drove around and around the parking lot and then we had to take her home.  

Thank you for following along, I will see you next week!