a funny thing happened on the way to this tutorial

I am so enjoying playing with fabric again. It's been nearly a year since I've cut, sewn, designed, picked colors or quilted anything.  And although I wasn't aware of it - I have missed creating so very much.  This past week I made several star blocks. 

I'm sewing in our kitchen/sunroom area and I don't have a design wall up in our new house so no designing just yet.  For now I'm just making blocks which will hopefully come together into quilts for my kiddos once I can get them off the kitchen table and arrange them with other blocks/fabrics on a vertical surface.

I was in the process of putting together a quick tutorial on how I piece these blocks when I stopped by my friend's quilting group on Thursday.  The group is made up of a bunch of older traditional quilter ladies who showed me the most awesome trick for piecing half square triangles quickly and accurately.  (The above photo is how I have always done it but their method is way cooler!)

I will put together a tutorial next week to share their piecing method.

Also, even though I said I wasn't going to puchase any new fabric and just use what I have I broke down and bought fat quarters of Denyse Schmidt Shelburne Falls fabric line.  I just love this entire line.

I cut into these as soon as they arrived.  I just can't stop making star blocks.

I'll share how I piece these next week.  And because each block measures 2 feet X 2 feet you can make a lap quilt with as few as six blocks!  I'll be back here as soon as the kiddos go back to school and I deliver our taxes to the accountant.

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Comments

[christina]

You have such a pretty yet unusual way of combining prints and colors. It reminds me of my great-grandma (which is a good thing; I miss her a lot). : )

[Zara]

Whoa, talented! I'm in awe...!

[A View From A Brown Dog]

Wow you sure seem to be back in the swing of things. I now know where all those little fabric of last week came from :)

Glad you had a good weekend.
Jen