Category Archives: Star Struck

What’s On My Design Wall

July 5, 2010 7:49 pm ⋅ Pam

Not a whole lot of quilting going on here. My Star Struck blocks are still on the wall – not that I’ve added to them since I got distracted by my Texas Braid. What I’m really working on is Dancing Flowers. This evening, I finished trimming the threads, did touch up quilting and then squared it up. Before I put the binding on, I’m going to make a hanging sleeve – but that implies I can get to the ironing board. I can barely get to my sewing machine this evening.

Check out what’s on others’ design walls by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Star Struck

What’s On My Design Wall

June 21, 2010 6:00 am ⋅ Pam

Sunday afternoon I finished piecing the braids for Texas Braid. As I trimmed each braid, I hung them on the wall. My husband came in and said he didn’t like it, so he started playing with them. As soon I have 3 1/2 more braids to trim, then I’ll try it out both ways — as designed and as my husband sees it.

At the top are the Star Struck blocks that I was working on at the beginning of the month. I got distracted trying to finish up Texas Braid and haven’t worked on them in a couple of weeks.

Check out other quilts in progress by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Star Struck, Texas Braid

What’s On My Design Wall

June 7, 2010 12:13 am ⋅ Pam

This week I have Star Struck on my wall. The current plan is to make 80 blocks — 40 red and 40 blue and set them side by side 8 across by 10 down with no border. All of the quarter blocks have the light square sewn on and stitched twice for bonus red/light and blue/light HST. I’ve just begun working on the gold squares.

See what others are working on by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Star Struck

What’s on My Design Wall

May 31, 2010 10:29 am ⋅ Pam

Stuck to my design wall this morning is the second baby quilt from the leftover Carolina Christmas blocks. I’ve pieced the borders and have them up on the wall trying to decide if they work. I’m leaning toward “Yes”.

But what I’m really working on today is the red white and blue Star Struck. Since this picture was taken, I’ve finished sewing all of the bricks together and have started sewing the 2 1/2″ light squares to the red and blue to make points.

Check out the links on Judy’s page to see if anyone else is working on a patriotic quilt.

Posted in: designwall, Star Struck

Stash Report

May 30, 2010 9:36 am ⋅ Pam

My birthday was last week, and for the last few years I’ve participated in a Birthday FQ Swap. These are the beautiful fabrics which I received.

I also participated in a new to me shop hop. Some fabric came home with me — but not much. A few FQs and a charm pack for my Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler, one just because, a music (it’s hard to stop collecting those) and a 2 yard piece which I’ll probably use for the backing of the 2nd baby quilt from my Carolina Christmas blocks. This shop hop did a shop hop quilt, and since the theme was red, white & blue I only bought the blocks since I’ll put them with the red, white and blue blocks I received in the birthday block swap I’m participating in (post on that later). Since some of the shops have pre-cut the pieces and I just have to sew them together, I’m not going to count that fabric in — nor will I count it out.

I did get some sewing done this week and some I was able to count in this week’s report. Borders sew for the baby quilt and enough blue and white or red and white bricks sewn together to make 34 Star Struck blocks.

Now the numbers (corrected):

Fabric Added this Week: 10.75 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 134.556 yards 120.181 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 3.819 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 42.882 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 91.674 yards 77.299 yards

Are we sure this is not a race to see who can collect 100 yards? Check out how others are doing by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: birthday blocks, kits, Star Struck, Stash Busting Report

Scraps in Review

May 27, 2010 4:20 pm ⋅ Pam

Over the years my scraps multiplied. I didn’t really use them — they just sat in boxes and bags. Then I found Bonnie Hunter’s Scrap User’s System.

Around 2008 I started cutting up my scraps into usable pieces per Bonnie’s system. I started off with plastic shoe boxes for my pre-cut pieces. After a year, I finally got all of my scraps into a single laundry basket. For the past 11 months this basket has seen it’s ups and downs.

This year I decided that one of my goals was to empty the basket once and for all. I’ve been piddling with it since the beginning of the year, but this month I set my mind to getting it emptied.

I actually do make quilts from my scraps. Last fall I started Oklahoma Backroads because I couldn’t get my 2 1/2 inch bricks/blocks box closed. As I worked with my scraps this month, I was inspired to pull red, white and blue 2 1/2 inch bricks for a Star Struck quilt.

One thing I have noticed is that I don’t have a lot of “light” scraps. With this last push to empty the basket my 2 1/2″ and 1 1/2″ strips got larger boxes and I pulled the lights out. They are still in the shoe boxes.

Here’s the tour:

Left – Top to Bottom:

1 1/2″ dark strips. The Christmas tree box contains 1 1/2″ red and light squares for the center of a log cabin quilt.
Strings — the shoe box was overflowing. I really liked the string blocks I made a while back but boy does working with strings make a mess.

Middle – Top to Bottom:

1 1/2″ light strips
2 1/2″ light strips
2″ strips — mixed and almost can’t close the box. I’ll use these since I’m making my Texas Braid longer
3 1/2″ strips — this started out as purple and yellow leftovers from Old Tobacco Road.
2 1/2″ bricks and blocks for a red, white & blue Star Struck. I want to use gold for the accent.

Right – Top to Bottom: