I'm seeing stars

I should be working on UFOs. Instead I started a new project recently and made some pretty decent progress today. These are HARD. Irregular angles and bias edges made it hard to piece these accurately. I ripped out numerous seams until I got the hang of how to place the edges together.

I drew a star on an 8" block of freezer paper and cut it apart.


I ironed the freezer paper templates onto two 12" blocks of fabric (stacked together right sides up).


I cut out the star block adding 1/4" seam allowances.


I sewed the blocks together.


Credit where credit is due: This pattern is from the July/Aug. 2007 issue of Fons & Porter Quilting.

I can't show you all the blocks because 1) they aren't done yet, and 2) this is part of the latest challenge my QBFFs & I are doing and they aren't allowed to see it yet. Sometimes they read this blog.

Comments

  1. ChristineAugust 10, 2009 at 9:34 PM

    Very cool! Hey, did you design a new header for your blog? I really love it!!!! =)

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  2. PhylAugust 10, 2009 at 11:50 PM

    Thank you again!

    And thank you for noticing my new header! I'm rather proud of myself for finally doing something!! It's a cropped picture of my fabric stash. I need to photoshop it so I can get my blog title back in there.

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  3. DianaAugust 12, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    Hi Phyl,
    I love these stars! I stumbled upon your blog somehow (maybe from a comment you made on Beth's blog) and I'm so glad because I'm really enjoying seeing all of your quilts! Oh the things I didn't know about my own sister-in-law...Lover of romance novels...blogger...who knew?! I'm reading a book called The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and I'm really enjoying it.

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  4. PhylAugust 12, 2009 at 12:38 PM

    Hey Diana! The price way pay for being so many miles apart, huh? Glad you like the blog. It's a fun little diversion :-)
    I hadn't heard of the book you're reading, but it does look interesting. There's quite a long reserve list for it at the library, so it must be popular!

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