I am pushing to get my UFO selvage tops done so they can be quilted for a class i have in February. this one has been in the making for over a year. most of that time spent sitting in the cabinet.
The pattern is from Karen Griska's book Quilts from the Selvage Edge. it is one great book. although she only shows the pattern with the large white stars....you know i always have to change things up some. LOL
I cut the triangles...hundreds and hundreds of them with my AccuQuilt machine. i dug out all the dark blue, purple, red and brown fabrics i had in the scrap boxes. a little tip....when you are cutting out parts...find a border at that time and put it with the pieces, too. then you don't have to scramble to find something for a border a year later once you have used up all the original fabrics. i wanted a dark purple border but didn't have enough of that. this border is a hand dyed piece that was sort of a reject...it is purple and brown...and didn't come out as i envisioned. but it seems to go alright with the stars.
Originally i just made 6 blocks but decided it wasn't the right proportion...so i made 3 more. those 3 were the recent additions. and one block had to be a reverse with a white background. and, yes, the white one probably should have been in the middle...but i already had the other 6 together and was too lazy to take it back apart again.
Making all those selvage triangles took some time. the little middle star has 12; the large star has 36; the background is 84 triangles. then multiply all that by 9. you do the math...i don't want to think about it any more. i have a top and am going to try and quilt this up in january. i need a prayer to the quilting gods.
Although i like this pattern i probably won't be making another one. it's a whole lot of pieces. but there is another one in that book i want to make.
Gotta go quilt.
Later
The pattern is from Karen Griska's book Quilts from the Selvage Edge. it is one great book. although she only shows the pattern with the large white stars....you know i always have to change things up some. LOL
I cut the triangles...hundreds and hundreds of them with my AccuQuilt machine. i dug out all the dark blue, purple, red and brown fabrics i had in the scrap boxes. a little tip....when you are cutting out parts...find a border at that time and put it with the pieces, too. then you don't have to scramble to find something for a border a year later once you have used up all the original fabrics. i wanted a dark purple border but didn't have enough of that. this border is a hand dyed piece that was sort of a reject...it is purple and brown...and didn't come out as i envisioned. but it seems to go alright with the stars.
Originally i just made 6 blocks but decided it wasn't the right proportion...so i made 3 more. those 3 were the recent additions. and one block had to be a reverse with a white background. and, yes, the white one probably should have been in the middle...but i already had the other 6 together and was too lazy to take it back apart again.
Making all those selvage triangles took some time. the little middle star has 12; the large star has 36; the background is 84 triangles. then multiply all that by 9. you do the math...i don't want to think about it any more. i have a top and am going to try and quilt this up in january. i need a prayer to the quilting gods.
Although i like this pattern i probably won't be making another one. it's a whole lot of pieces. but there is another one in that book i want to make.
Gotta go quilt.
Later
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