star quilt along, week 7

Welcome to week 7 of the quilt along. This marks the half way point of the star blocks!

cut 4 squares 4 1/2" from the background fabric
cut 1 square 5 1/4" from the background fabric

cut one square 4 1/2" from a dark fabric
cut 2 squares 5 1/4" from a dark fabric

cut one square 5 1/4" from a medium fabric

cut all the squares that measure 5 1/4" into quarter square triangles

layout as shown



(this is a good time to trim the ends off the triangles)


Once the block is all sewn together, square up to 12.5".
Any questions, I'll answer in the comments.
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My little guy is done with first grade, and it's our first day of summer vacation. It's going to be interesting. :) It's going to take us a while to get into a groove, but once we do, I have a feeling that it's going to be great.
My husband started a longer commute today, also. They moved the location of his office to downtown Minneapolis. Thankfully he is carpooling, and his job is great, so we aren't complaining. He gets to work from home on Fridays, and that's only a half day. It sure beats last year, when at this time he was starting his new job (here), I was alone with our 3 kids trying to sell a house (in Michigan). Now that was stressful.
Hope you have a happy Monday!

swap and a question

Jacquie and I did a swap a few weeks ago.

I sent her this quilt (top only)...

and she sent me this lovely pile of fabric.

What a fun way to slash my in progress list and add to my stash at the same time. I couldn't think of anything better! By the way, Jacquie is having a 100th post giveaway, so go check it out.
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Now, I have a question for all you quilters....

Have you ever quilted a quilt from back to front? I know there is a book about it that I perused a few years ago, but I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this type of quilting. After quilting this quilt, which was so incredibly easy because there were so few seams to quilt over, it got me thinking about trying the back to front technique for this pink quilt, which has an insane amount of seams. (I'm planning on stippling it.)

Any thoughts, comments, suggestions?
I'd love to hear them.