Week #7: Taygeta Star... The Frankenstein version of quilting

Also known as...when you dive into your fabric stash looking for a specific color, and realize you definitely lack that color.

This was a very interesting challenge. I want to see how it comes out when I try to put these together. There were some that I definitely didn't have enough of (that bright green for instance). I can't wait to start sewing it together and see how it comes out. It feels like I am taking incomplete parts, and seeing how they end up together.

I hope I don't end up with a monster.

A Star In Blue: The Merope Star

This was week two of the National Quilter's Circle  Block of the week for week #2. I had a lot of fun with this square. It was challenging, and as you can see, had some sewing on the bias, which I have avoided doing before this. It also had the really tiny center and man, that bias really threw me. Even using starch didn't seem to help much here. However, that was only my first attempt at the square, and I don't think it was that bad.

Takeaways:

• This also happened to be my first time using my quarter inch piecing foot.
• More time needs to be taken to pin the matching seams together to get it perfect.
• Perhaps starch wasn't my friend in this.
• Still,a really pretty star.