Sunday, December 4, 2016

Scrappy Stars

Two years ago I bribed a friend into coming over and pressing strings and scraps from the scrap bin(s) in return for some quilting. While she pressed away I cut away into 5" squares,  5" strips etc. with certain patterns in mind to use them in the future. I did use 'some' of the strips but those 5" sqs were still waiting their turn. This past Thursday I got them out and also found 2.5" squares already cut. Yeah I was all set to just sew those babies up.  Pedal to the Metal!!

Alright 2 blocks done and up on the design wall. Stood back admired them...well shoot, I didn't have the perfect star block, do you see my mistake?  Those 2.5" squares were not big enough to make the star points correct. But, hmmm, I want to use what's cut and get on with it. So I did, I left it the way it was.  And in the end it worked out OK, not perfect but OK.  This will be a donation quilt, it will still keep someone warm and wrapped in a quilty hug.

Four blocks were done on Thursday. Friday I had an adventure with three friends. We went to check out a craft sale an hour north of me to see if  I might want to vend at it next year.  I took a few samples with me, table runners, snowmen and children's sweaters. The gals in charge loved them and wished I could have been there this year. Yeah me too. It was in her home, she clears out a lot of furniture and sets up several crafter's wares in all the rooms on the main floor. Very nicely arranged. She has some table runners there, but mine were different enough, she had no fabric snowmen and no children's sweaters. She wants me to bring stuff next year, so I left really stoked!!

 And we three friends had lunch out and went to another craft sale before heading home. A great day was had.  So after all that I managed to sew a bunch more blocks and finished up more today and was able to get them sewn together. I am glad I decided to stagger them and cut a couple blocks in half to fill in the top and bottom of each column.  So far it is all from the scrap bins!!  Next I will plan a border, which most of it will be from scraps.


I wrote the draft for this post last night before going to bed. And this is what we woke up to this morning-last we knew we were only to get an inch or less. There is 3 inches for sure and man the trees are thick this morning, it is still snowing. But in MN this is normal so no bigee. This is the first measurable for the season.


Linking with Oh Scrap

19 comments:

  1. So if you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have noticed the stars. I think your top is looking great!

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  2. Looks great to me, as if it were meant to be that way. I've seen other quilt patterns that have an even bigger gap between them.

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  3. Gorgeous quilt! My kids are so excited for the snow :)

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  4. I like the stars :-) This will be a wonderful quilt for someone.

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  5. I love your stars, and how great to have the pieces already cut! The layout is fun, too! Sunday is always a good day for some snow. We haven't had much yet, which doesn't bother me, but we definitely do need some moisture!

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  6. I always choose already cut over perfection :)

    I think your star blocks look great. Thanks for sharing them with Oh Scrap!

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  7. A terrific star block quilt! It will presented with love - those are the best ones.

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  8. I REALLY like your star quilt......borrowing the inspiration, thank you ! And it is fabulous that it came from your scrap bin...WIN....WIN !

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  9. Don't be "hyper-critical" of that star block......who says those points/squares have to meet??????? I really like it and it pairs well with some charms/jelly roll I have!!!!! Yup.....we have about the same....how quickly it went from <1" to 4"+!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!

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  10. Wonderful blocks that certainly "read" as stars, much fun!

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  11. That's going to be a favourite quilt in someone's life!

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  12. Well, the stars look great, and if you hadn't pointed out the gap, I'll bet most of us wouldn't have even noticed!

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  13. Thanks, once again for the great ideas using scraps. I have so many and want
    to move them along. I have been using your ideas as leaders and enders.

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  14. The stars work just fine. You'll probably be the only one who knows the mistake :-) Glad the craft fair was worth it and now you know what to prep for next year. We didn't get as much snow as you, only about 2" which is almost all gone today. Enjoy your day! Wendy at piecefulthoughts@gmail.com

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  15. What a fun day! I really like the way your quilt turned out. It's nice not having to match all of those points in the seams. It is winter isn't it!

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  16. What gap??? Its a design element...I once made a quilt pattern that was designed to be wonky on purpose. If you hadn't said anything, I never would have looked for any problem. You're right, someone will wrap up in this quilt to keep warm & know that a person thought of them.
    No snow here...my DGD is praying for some...she LOVES the snow! I tell her it is because she doesn't have to drive in it yet. LOL

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  17. Hmm, now I want to go play with star blocks and play with the size of the corners to see what the limits are. How much of a gap between the point still strongly reads "star" and when does it become something else? What would that something else be?

    In the meantime, YOUR blocks looks great! I really like how you offset them and how warm and scrappy they are.

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  18. I had too much fun checking out your scraps to notice the inner points on the stars. It is a great quilt.

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  19. I love those scrappy stars and the fact that it will be keeping somene warm! Thanks for linking up to #scraptastictuesday! !

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