21 January, 2021

Star Flower Sew-Along

I took part in a Sew Along back in 2013. Yes, you read that right; it was here, on a Crafty Fox's blog. As you might surmise I didn't keep up the pace. I did find, when I unearthed box #5 (of 8) of my UFO's this week, that I did have all of the star flowers pieced. Why did I ever lose steam on this project? Well, maybe, it could be all those thousands of Y-seams! Anyway, there's no time like the present and being MINDFUL this year, it has been moved to the front burner. Low volume quilts are already timeless, right? 
I still have two more rows to add but I should get them done and added by the end of this weekend. I'm wild about the soft, vintage look of this quilt. After cutting all of those setting hexagons I was left with a pile of equilateral triangles in the bottom of the project box. 
A sane person probably would have tossed them. Well, I know that I'm crazy and I have bins of scraps begging to be combined with these. After a few trials I found just the right shape to run through the die cutter along with a few handfuls of brights out of the 4.5" bin! So, UFO #5 has given birth to yet another UnFinished Object! 
Those background triangles will set off these hexies perfectly!
Yes, this will do just fine. I guess this new, baby quilt, will be need to be numbered #5.1!!
I hope to get this one moved on to the done list too; as well as make a BIG dent in the scrap bin.
We'll see...
Life is Good! 




8 comments:

Roberta said...

The quilt looks like a delicate lady's handkerchief.

Quiltdivajulie said...

Scraps propagate exponentially -- proven fact. Lovely LV project - glad you are going to finish!

cityquilter grace said...

2013? not THAT old mrs g....and 2021 is the FINISH year for sure...

quiltkeemosabe said...

And the bonus quilt has NO set in seams!!!!

julieQ said...

I think your low contrast quilt is going to be so, so pretty!!! Fun to bring it to the top of the list again!

Needled Mom said...

I love the “quiet” of this quilt. Why is it so difficult to throw away the small bits of fabric?

straythreads said...

You inspire me . I cut hexes for an eye spy quilt for 2 of course, I need to find more girly novelty prints and cut all those triangles.
Y seams are not difficult they are just not speed sewing and we all like to speed.

Tanya said...

You are so good to get at working through your stash. I really need to pick out another scrappy quilt to make a dent in my stash bin... So many beautiful things to choose from!