I finally pulled out my sewing machine this last week in order to get some projects done. It sure did feel good! I haven't made a quilt in over a year, but I had a niece born about 10 months ago, so I needed to get working on her quilt. I will see my parents in June and they will be able to take it to her!
I went through my Pinterest boards to see which type of quilt I'd like to start working on. A few caught my eye, so I asked my husband for his thoughts. He pointed out a few, but the fabric I was wanting to use might not work for them. I finally settled on a wonky star and I am glad I did! I love the way it is progressing - by Sunday evening I had 9 stars finished!
The tutorial I found for making these stars was on this blog which does a great job of explaining each step. I decided to go with purple as my background color (as I figured white for a baby blanket wouldn't stay white for long). First I cut the fabric like she said.
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I honestly hate dealing with triangles while quilting, but the way these are done makes it pretty easy - less potential problems. So basically you sew two triangles onto the background fabric to create the points of the stars. Cut the extra pieces off and iron it flat. I also hate ironing and usually skip this step, but I did it this time and I think it would have been okay either way.
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You end up with 9 squares, 4 plain background fabric, 4 with star points and one plain star fabric. Then it's time to sew them all together in rows.
Each star took me a little less than an hour to complete. I worked for about 6 hours (including making dinner) on Saturday and was able to complete 5 stars. On Sunday, I completed the other 4 stars, making 9 total for the quilt. They are 12 inches square when finished.
I plan to put 4 inch squares around each star in different colors. I should be able to complete the quilt top this week if I continue to get time to do some sewing! I think this will end up being a really pretty quilt with lots of bright colors! I even used a few fabrics that I used on her sister's quilt. I can't wait to see the finished product!
Take a peek at my other quilt posts:
Piper's Picket Fence Quilt
Max’s Zipper Quilt
Texas Angel Pillow
Handmade Rag Doll for My Daughter
Baby Charlotte’s Purple Wave Quilt
Baby McKenzie’s Perfectly Pink Girlie Quilt
Baby M’s Soft Flannel Quilt
Bring Joel Home I-Spy Quilt
My Niece Ellanor’s Baby Quilt
Hudson’s Plus Quilt
Austin’s Baseball Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt
Pop’s Texas A&M Bento Box Quilt
Quilted Baby Cowboy Boots
Grandpa’s Texas Flag Quilt
My Daughter’s Paintbox Quilt
Texas A&M Graduation Disappearing 9 Patch Quilt
Grandma’s Comfort of the Psalms Hexagon Quilt
Quilted Christmas Stockings
Nana’s Pinwheel and Spools Quilt
Stacks of Sweets
8 Sponge Bob Quilt
First (and Only) Triangle Zig Zag Quilt
First Quilt for my Baby Boy
Purple Disappearing 9 Patch Quilt
#NeedleworkMonday by @crosheille
