Batiks and Planning

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Quiltobsession

I really didn’t mean to vanish for a week. It seems lately that although I get great ideas for blog posts I just am not getting them written. No idea why, but that’s just what’s going on. Maybe too much … Continue reading →

Little Lone Star Block

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Quiltobsession

Remember this little red star I made last week? It turned into the centre of this little 7.625″ block that is destined to become – hmm, maybe the centre of an extra special mug rug? I don’t know. I just … Continue reading →

Diversions, Large and Small

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Quiltobsession

The two other diversions that were irresistible and took me away from Springtime in Paris. Both involving 45-degree diamonds. One very large and one very small. First, the large diversion – a 9″ LeMoyne Star. A new Inklingo collection for 9″ … Continue reading →

Kaleidoscope Drunkard’s Path

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Quiltobsession

There has been a slight diversion from the Springtime in Paris top. I was thinking about the blue and white baseball quilt I want to do and then wondered what would happen if some fussy cutting/printing was involved. And once … Continue reading →

Best Laid Quilt Plans … Out The Window!

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Quiltobsession

I’m in trouble. Major trouble. I was sure that after I finished Springtime in Paris I’d start working on setting the butterfly kaleidoscope stars together. Had the setting figured out. Everything was planned. I’m rather enjoying having projects planned out a … Continue reading →

Springtime in Paris Progress

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Quiltobsession

This is totally unlike me, as you know if you’ve read my blog for any length of time, but I am staying engrossed in just one project. And am I ever making progress. Springtime in Paris is one-quarter finished. Slightly … Continue reading →

Rosy Towers Finished

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Quiltobsession

The stack of 90 rosy towers. All ready to be stitched to melons which means the fun is about to really begin — nothing but lovely curved piecing. Every one of them has been pressed and the seams graded. If you click … Continue reading →

And Yet More Rosy Towers

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Quiltobsession

I’ve been busy. And have made this many more rosy towers to add to the … … growing stack of them. Which really is growing when I look at them side by side with the empty spool beside them. And the … Continue reading →

More and More Rosy Towers

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Quiltobsession

Where did I go? To stitch more and more of these. The stack of finished rosy towers is growing. But there are many more yet to be stitched. I’m really, really hoping I get this stack finished this week because … Continue reading →

Rosy Towers

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Quiltobsession

This is what I’ve been doing for the past few days. Stitching loads and loads of rosy towers around squares for the Springtime in Paris quilt. And grading the seam allowances. I decided to do all the stitching of towers … Continue reading →

All of the little stars are now made and last night I started surrounding them with the white squares. It takes less than an hour to get two stars surrounded.

Seams graded and pressed.

There are now 17 of the little stars left to surround with the white squares. From here on out, it’s just nothing but continuous stitching to add the squares, then the connecting red diamonds and octagons and turn this into a finished quilt top. If I can stay focused, and I am pretty intent on doing just that, I could have this finished by the end of next week and be ready to quilt it next weekend.

I may take some time out this weekend and get the binding ready for Candy Stars as well as start printing for the Inklingo Periwinkle reverse mystery quilt. I think I’ve finally decided on the colours I want to work with for the Periwinkle quilt. No big surprise here — it will be pinks, pinks and more pinks. Maybe a mauve thrown in for a little relief from the pink. Maybe. Lessons 1 to 4 are available, free, at the All About Inklingo blog.

If you’re here to see who won the giveaway from the April Showers post, the winner will be announced later this afternoon after Baxter picks a winner.

“Mum’s Making Stars” is the title of today’s ‘toon.

As we were setting up to take pictures of the two little blue stars, he was right there just waiting for his photo to be taken because, after all, there is nothing that we could possibly want to photograph other than him!

Two Blue Candy Stars