First the big stars. One of the three grey and white Feathered Stars that are finished.

Then the second. And this is where it got interesting. I realized when I finished this one that I hadn’t been paying attention when adding the setting squares and tris so the centre Winding Ways block looks different. And I like it. It’s one of those happy accidents. So now I’ll do three with the centre block oriented one way and two with it the other and then alternate them when I sew the five blocks together. Sometimes I think accidents like that are meant to be.

But oh, how I am having trouble sticking with the grey and white. I had been flirting with the idea of having our apartment painted a very soft light grey with white trim. The grey and white Feathered Star blocks have definitely changed my mind. I know I couldn’t live with that. So now I’m contemplating a very pale, milky lavender with white trim as a possibility.

I needed a colour fix – in my favourite colour, of course – which led me to making some small stars. Made with the 3 cm Inklingo Passacaglia collection. A few weeks ago Linda Franz had posted her design on the Inklingo Facebook page.  It immediately caught my interest and I’ve been calling it “the Linda Rosette.”

As you can see from this illustration, the Linda Rosette has a 10-point star in the centre. So I had to try making one or two.

First I picked out a pretty pink batik and printed a page of 20 of the diamonds. I think that you can see the diamonds printed on the batik if you click on the photo to enlarge it.

Then quickly cut them out. And yes, this is a 3 cm diamond, which is really close to 1.25″ but is the exact size  of the shapes used in the Passacaglia quilt in the Millefiori Quilts book by Willyne Hammerstein. As I have the 3 cm collection and know that the Linda Rosette made using that collection will turn into a perfect size for another bed runner, I decided to give it a try.

My first of the five 10-point stars I’ll need. It’s really not much more challenging than a LeMoyne Star but I wouldn’t want to be trying to stitch this with anything but a batik and the perfect stitching lines/matching points of Inklingo. Circling the intersection of the 10 diamonds was actually sort of fun. Truth be told, I’ve actually finished two of the stars just because I couldn’t stop stitching that glorious pink batik.

It pressed like a dream. And now I can’t wait to get started on that bed runner. I chose the pink batik for the stars and will work from there. There will be some fussy cutting/printing and I think it will end up being pinks, greens and creams but that could change. I’ll decide once I get started on it in earnest.

But for now I’ll be working on the fourth grey and white Feathered Star and hopefully get it finished this week and the fifth and final one started. When I finish them all, I’ll be so happy. I know I’m going to love the look of the bed runner, but this has definitely been a lesson for me and that is that I just do not like working with grey – or at least not so much of it.

“More Stars”

I love this close-up of Jake showing his amazing eyes.

Baxter was snoozing on the couch. Yesterday was a very wet, cool day so it was a great day for cat naps.