star quilt along, week 10

Welcome to week 10 of the quilt along.

This is one of my favorites.

cut one square 7 1/4" from the background fabric

cut in half on the diagonal twice, to make 4 quarter square triangles

cut one square 4 1/4" from the background fabric

cut in half on the diagonal twice, to make 4 quarter square triangles

cut 4 squares 3 1/2" from the background fabric

cut 2 squares 3 7/8" from the background fabric

cut the (3 7/8") squares in half on the diagonal once to make 4 half square triangles

cut one square 4 1/4" from a dark fabric

cut in half on the diagonal twice, to make 4 quarter square triangles

cut 4 squares 3 7/8" from the same dark fabric

cut the squares in half on the diagonal once to make 8 half square triangles

layout as shown

I pressed these seams open to reduce bulk in the center

trim the tails here, if desired

Once the block is sewn together, square up to 12.5".

Thanks for quilting along with me!

spectrum quilt-new and improved

Remember this quilt top? I have had it completed since early January. I lacked motivation to complete it, mainly because I didn't want to finish a king sized quilt that I didn't L-O-V-E. I knew I wouldn't use it on my bed, so there it sat, in a basket for a long time. A few weeks ago I started ripping it apart to remove the white sashing. I could have just cut it all apart, but I would have lost 6.5" by cutting it apart at the seams, and the quilt would have been too skinny. I didn't want to make more colored strips, either. So I ripped. And ripped. And ripped some more.

Then I had to reinforce the beginning and ending of most of the seams because they were coming apart. It was quite tedious. (That is a gross understatement.)

During the past several days I have been plugging away on it. I am happy (and very relieved) to have it back in quilt top form.

It now measures 78" x 87" and I am back to being excited about it.

It's so good to know that all that stitch ripping paid off.

I can't wait to quilt it now. I plan to back it with cream colored fabric and then quilt each line with matching thread. So for the pink strips, pink thread on the front and back, for the green strip, green thread front and back, etc. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it is smooth sailing from here on out-this quilt has given me more than enough trouble already.

the thrifting is good in these parts

queen flat sheet-$1.00

1 full flat sheet-$1.00

This is currently the extent of my vintage sheet collection.

I'm saving up to make a quilt like this.

Sorry, Lera, I'm not trying to rub it in. Really.

star quilt along, week 9

Welcome to week 9 of the quilt along. There are only 4 more stars to make after this one. It's been fun for me to watch the progress on all your quilts! You all are doing a great job!

cut one square 7 1/4" from the background fabric

cut in half diagonally, twice, to make 4 quarter square triangles

cut 4 squares 3 1/2" from a dark fabric

cut one square 6 1/2" from a medium fabric

cut 4 squares from 3 7/8" from the same medium fabric

cut each of the squares that measure 3 7/8" in half diagonally once, to make 8 half square triangles

layout as shown (you may want to double click on the photo)

sew together

and square up to 12.5".

Thanks for quilting along with me!

happy first day of summer

the by-product of my insomnia last night

My contribution for the June installment of the Virtual Quilting Bee.

It's for the one who loves pink.

wip

This is an old work in progress that I pulled out and finally got into quilt top form. Woo-hoo! I think it's quite dandy. It will be for my oldest son.

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We are headed to the zoo today. I have a feeling that we will fit right in, but hopefully not too much so. (ha!)

Have a fabulous day!