Tag: star quilt

Irish Star Quiltalong baby quilt

How Many of the Same Quilt Can I Make?

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Back in 2017, Deanna at the Wedding Dress Blue Blog, started a quiltalong called the Irish Star Quiltalong As soon as I saw it I knew I had to make the quilt. What could be better than a quilt full of scrappy stars and 25 patch blocks made of 2″ squares? Yes I’m crazy, but…

Circle of Friends Quilted Table Runner

Circle of Friends Table Runner

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My quilt guild a few months back started a challenge for members to make Circle of Friends quilt block(s) and use them in a project. After some consideration, I decided to make three blocks and use them to make a table runner for my dining table. I went with scrappy brights far the stars and…

Cinnamon Bars quilt made in Green

Some End of the Year Quilt Projects

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I’ve not been blogging much but I’ve kept on quilting and would like to share some of my finished and not so finished quilt projects with you from the last few months. Cinnamon Bars Quilt – but in green rather than in brown. I like how both the green and brown versions turned out. The…

my livejournal block swap quilt

My Livejournal Quilt Block Swap

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I can’t be the only person who back in the day had a LiveJournal account, can I? It was about 12 – 13 years go I was active there and while active I participated in the quilting group on that platform. I must have gotten into an ambitious mood because I participated in a 12.5″…

Star Struck quilt designed by Bonnie Hunter

Twinkling Stars

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I started another Bonnie Hunter Star Struck quilt last year in black and brights. This one I’m calling Twinkling Stars. Like so many of my projects I never got that far with it last year. So unsurprisingly it ended up on my UFO list this year. I got the top together at some point in…

crayon box star quilt top

Crayon Box Star Quilt

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I was looking for an easy simple project this past week. I was on vacation and wanted to do something that would be fun. No fussy small pieces or new to me techniques. So as you can likely guess, I spent most of the day surfing Pinterest, blogs and didn’t find anything I liked for…

quilts on the clothesline

Happy Laundry

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The three quilts on the right are recent finishes that needed to be washed as I’d used basting spray when making the quilt sandwich. The quilt on the far left has been in regular use and it was time for it to get a wash. And why put quilts in the dryer when you can…

spring fling quilt

Two finishes

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This week last week was productive with two finishes! One is a UFO and the other is a current year start.  Having a few long conference calls that didn’t involve video was the secret to my success. Paid attention to the calls but was able to sew binding on while people were talking about things…