My friendship star top came together over the course of Friday night and all day Saturday. I'm really excited about how scrappy it looks.
The blocks came from swaps in two guilds. Ninigret Quilters swapped blocks last January, February and March which gave me 36 blocks. This January, it was my turn to receive blocks from my RIMQG hive, so I added 10 more blocks to the stash. I made a couple extra for a grand total of 48.
I started a Pinterest board for layout ideas. I liked the idea of creating a secondary design. I played around on EQ7 and the tiny stars in the sashing popped out. The blocks finish at 9", so I cut the sashing strips and corner squares at 2". I think the proportions work well. The top is about 65" X 86".
I pieced together a pile of leftover binding pieces, but I still haven't made a dent in that box-o-binding. It's a good thing I picked up some batting on sale at JoAnn's last week. It looks like we'll be snowed in on Tuesday- a perfect day for quilting, as long as the power stays on.
I love the little star corner stones.
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Super cute and scrappy! Love it!
ReplyDeleteNice job - I love the scrappy look!!
ReplyDeleteI do love that design and you made it fun with the fabrics you used. Looks like the storm is coming in tomorrow, so a long two days, but perfect days to stay in and catch up on some projects.
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