The pattern is Oh My Stars from the Sizzlin' Sixties book by Anka's Treasures. I used a jelly roll of the Mary Engelbreit's Recipe for Friendship collection. I LOVE all things Mary Engelbreit! This is my favorite star in this quilt.
I've made a lot of quilts using the 60 degree equilateral triangle block. It gives you so many possibilities when you start sewing them together. Yesterday afternoon I was trying to make a back for this quilt and honestly it is the biggest mess. I could not count or measure to save my soul. I sewed 2 yard pieces together and then realized it was too short in one direction so I found some more of this fabric in my stash (I'd used it as a back on another quilt too) and added more fabric to a side - the wrong side - the side that was already long enough, or at least I thought it was. So then I took it off and added to another side (remember there are 4 sides to a bakc and I added something to each and every one before I gave up) So the back is big enough but it has a lot of seams that really weren't necessary if I had more than half a brain. Oh well at least my long arm quilter will make it all pretty.
Off to run errands. It is going to be one of the busy busy weeks - guild meeting,haircut, eye exams, school, quilt show, quilt show quilt show. Yeah, the most important part will be the quilt show. I think it is going to be a very expensive week - LOL!
Happy stitching-
carol fun
Your chosen fabrics work well in this design.
ReplyDeleteI like your header chicken quilt. Love the polka dots!
love, Love, LOVE this quilt. I did one of those 60 degree angle quilts with a ME jelly roll and fell madly in love with it too. But, it was for a young friend heading off to college. My I have days just like yours some days. I cut and sewed border pieces 3 times before I realized why it was too short every time. And it was just a 2.5" strip of fabric. Sigh. Yep, your chickens are cute!
ReplyDeleteSome quilts are just sneaky that way. Good thing you caught it for a snapshot before it totally escaped!!
ReplyDeleteI really like the fabrics you used for this quilt. And it must have been very proud of itself to walk itself out and display itself on your porch!! :o) Very nice.
ReplyDeleteVery cool looking!
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful quilt Carol. It's a good thing you caught it because I sure would have tried to "lure" it to my house. :o)
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful! I really, really like it!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt! I am also a big fan of anything ME and also working on a quilt from the same book - but not nearly as far along as you are!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that top! Your piecing is beautiful and your fabric choices were great. I hope the quilting is as good.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is just wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty pattern.
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