All 18 starbursts are complete. Now it’s time to sash and assemble this quilt top.
Category Archives: Atomic Star Burst
No Purple Starbursts
My FQ bundle, Radiance by Dan Morris for QT Fabrics has 7 different patterns in 5 different colorways – turquoise, pink, yellow/orange, green, and purple. I also purchase 2 tone-on-tone FQ in each of the colors with the intention of making 4 stars in each colorway, 2 from each fabric. When I made the first purple block I realized immediately there wasn’t enough contrast with the blue background. I made a star from the 2nd FQ and decided that the contrast works, but it is not vibrant enough to complete with the other stars.
I trundled off to the LQS where it was suggested that I use orange instead of purple. I picked 2 orange FQs, but when I got home the thought of 4 yellow stars and 4 orange stars was too much. Since I am only using 30 of the FQs from my bundle in the quilt, I pulled the tone-on-tone FQs from the bundle to make one star each – except for the purple.
There is at least one star from each fabric in the picture. I think I’ve made at least one more star since this picture was taken.
Easy Breezy = 41
Then There Were Three
That is 3 starbursts that will go into my quilt. Each one gets a bit faster. Which is not to say they go fast. The last one I made took me about an hour. I’m struggling with getting the background cut big enough, then orientating it in the correct direction so when I flip it back it covers everything it is supposed to cover.
Meanwhile, I finished the quilting on my SILs Narragansett Blues. I’ll get both of the quilts trimmed, then I’ll box them up and ship them back to her to bind.
Easy Breezy = 40
Chicken Bobbin
As I was finishing the last row of quilting on my SIL’s Frolic I thought I was playing Chicken Bobbin. In reality I was playing Chicken Cone. I ran out of cone thread, but not before I had finished the quilting.
I still need to trim the quilt, then I’ll send it back to my SIL to bind.
While the computer was quilting, I finished my first Starburst from Atomic Starburst. This one will be used for quilting practice when I get that far as there are two spots where I didn’t catch the fabric.
This is my first “real” one as there are no missed seams. The piecing went faster tonight, so I might get this done sooner than I thought.
Since I’m paper piecing I haven’t tried to do any leader/enders, but now that I have a better understanding of what I’m doing, I might be able to do them. My Easy Breezy count currently remains at 39.
New Month – New Projects
I suppose technically the title of this post would have been more apt for Saturday, but I couldn’t figure out a better title given the various topics of today’s post.
The day started off way earlier than I prefer on any day, but especially on a weekend, but I had a go-live for work. As a result there was plenty of time to quilt today. First up my SILs Frolic. It’s nearly finished – I think there are two more passes before I can take it off the frame. While the machine was running, I pulled out a project box from 2019 and cleaned up the scraps.
I finished the pink and brown top back in the spring of 2009. I also did a small wall hanging a couple of years later. The folded “FQs” are pieces which measure at least 6″ x 20″. I fold them all to 5″ tall by 6″ high to fit into my fabric boxes. As you can see I also added to my pre-cuts with strips, bricks, blocks, and strings. The box of fabric from the purple and green log cabin quilt that I recently finished was also dealt with, leaving me 2 empty project boxes. Which I immediately filled up with these fabrics.
I have 3 quilts planned. Atomic Star Burst, Bauble ‘n Beads and Shimmer. The first two will have the blue for background. I think Shimmer will have a light background, but as it is the 3rd quilt, I’ll worry about it later. Anyway, I started on Atomic Star Burst tonight. I will conquer paper piecing, but that first half starburst needs to be redone. One of the spokes didn’t get fully caught in the seam. So, what do you think? 1/2 a starburst a night? 20 starbursts would work out to 40 days. No, I am not going to do do another challenge – at least not one so intense.
Easy Breezy – 39