That’s what I’ve been working on, that is. More and more of the little LeMoyne Stars for the Octagon Stars doll bed quilt. I decided to just get all the little stars made and spent some time on the weekend … Continue reading
As distracted as I am by the possibilities with the shapes in the new Periwinkle Octagon collection, I am determined to stay focused and get the Octagon Stars doll bed quilt finished. So last night I added the red octagons … Continue reading
The Octagon Stars doll bed quilt is growing. Now it’s approximately 10″ x 23″. I thought it would start to grow faster once I got those first two rows done and I was right. Now I’ll add another row of … Continue reading
Late Monday, a box arrived. A box full of absolutely wonderful very early birthday gifts from an incredibly generous friend. The first thing out of the box was this wonderful wool batt. It’s the perfect size for my Drunkard’s Path … Continue reading
For some reason, I don’t like using the sewing machine at night. It may have something to do with the lighting where my sewing machine is but, whatever the reason, I do try to avoid it in the evenings. So … Continue reading
What does a picture of an empty box have to do with a finish? Well, Saturday morning this box was full of the finished blocks from the mystery. By Saturday night, this is what the box looked like – empty. … Continue reading
That’s what I was doing last night. Stitching all the little quarter circles on to the arcs. That part is now done for all the blocks. Then it was on to adding the large corners to each arc. This stack … Continue reading
The octagon stars have grown and now measure 24″ by 7″. I couldn’t resist working on this last night and, after this picture was taken, added all the red octagons and diamonds so I can start joining the next row … Continue reading
I wish it was my quilt top finished that’s the reveal, but it’s not. That said, I am really, really excited about this quilt now! When the last clue in the Case of the Secret Garden mystery quilt was released … 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!
Quilt Obsession 