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 :)