I try to remember to cut up leftover pieces of fabrics into strips and 5" blocks. I also cut older fabrics that way. So I already had a basket full of 5" blocks. What could go wrong? Did I mention Sarah said she pieced a quilt from this pattern in 4 hours?
Sewing the 9-patch blocks was easy. Then I started on the star blocks. I had 4 star blocks completed when my son dropped in for a visit. I quickly laid out blocks to show him what I was doing. He said, "Mom, you don't see the stars." And he was right, you didn't. So I piled everything onto a tray; set it aside until another day and pieced an Insane block.
After I completed sewing a row of Nearly Insane, sewed the blocks for the center of my Pastor's Attic Quilt together and then marked the blue churn dash quilt, I got the tray out again. I decided I wasn't going to let this quilt defeat me!
It took me two weeks but this was what I came up with.
My Scrappy Stars is larger than the ones Sarah made. The charity this flimsy will be donated to wants the quilts to be at least 60" x 80". I don't need to quilt it, he will become a knotted comforter. This quilt top will be an easy one to knot, the squares are evenly spaced.
To see the other patterns Sarah has to offer, check out these links - Exploding Stars, Speak to Me of Love and Super Nova.
In January I linked to DrEAMi after I started a new block for the RSC. DrEAMLi! is about starting new projects on the spur of the moment. She wasn't impressed that the new project I started in January on the spur of the moment was going to take me more than a year to finish. Maybe taking 2 weeks to make this spur of the moment project will be more satisfying to her.
Linking to - Fiber Tuesday, Let's Bee Social, Sew Some Love, My Quilt Infatuation, Finished Or Not Friday, Crazy Mom Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, DrEAMi!, Quilting is More Fun Than Housework, Monday Making
30 comments:
I like spur of the moment quilts the best even if they do take a year. Your stars do show nicely.
Great quilt! The stars pop nicely. :)
Your top looks great! Thanks for linking to Sew Some Love :)
Thanks Chris. Scrappy quilts are challenging for me. I want to put all the fabrics in but I've realized the colors do need to be controlled.
Great job making the stars pop! I like it with a border, too. You're right that it helps to have a resting place :)
Who cares what MMM! thinks?! I think your quilt is WONDERFUL!!! I wanted to make one, but have too many other projects on the go.
You did a great job!
What a beautiful quilt to gift!! I love it!
Susie
Yea for you! I like the Stars quilt. I think I would have done exactly what you did - at least you knew what Nearly Insane could do! LOL.
Nice save and a great quilt!
A lovely scrappy quilt!
This is a fantastic scrap quilt, and you did a good job with the contrast for the star blocks.
All of the scraps make me want to keep looking! I love all the visuals and colors!
I added that quilt to my list too - great job and congrats on finish
Well, I sincerely apologize if I gave you the impression that I 'wasn't impressed', oh dear, that has such a negative connotation and is so not what I intended. I love that RSC project you have started. It's just that a DrEAMi! is my description of when you get quilt blinders on, ignore all other projects and make that one item before resuming the regular programming, grin. As I said then, I love how we all get taken in by yet another RSC project (I somehow have now got 3 THREE! on the go, like how). Your Scrappy Stars quilt is beautiful-love that your son critiqued it. Thank you for linking up with DrEAMi #2!
I have that same quilt on my to do list. Good for you for finishing it!
I am very much a focused on a project person so for me to even change my plans is very unusual. I'm just not so a jump to a new project person. I like finishes too much. I do have to say though, that sewing on this quilt gave me an idea for another charity quilt. I'm sewing that in sections because I really don't know where I'm going with it. When it is 60 X 80, it will be completed and I will announce it to the world.
Those RSC blocks are really something. It is amazing how easy it is to get sucked into start another block.
This really is an easy pattern, just took me longer than I planned.
Thank you Some of these fabrics are 20 years old! There are a lot of uglies in here. The only planning I did was not to have the same fabric next itself.
Thank you. This quilt did make a dent in the 5" square basket.
Thanks. This was a good pattern to use older fabrics.
Thank you. I hope it keeps the recipient nice and warm after it is knotted.
Thanks. It turned out nicer than I thought it would.
Your scrappy stars quilt is beautiful, Gretchen! I love how the stars draw your attention in the midst of the other bright colors!
Great job on that quilt top! I need to start a few donation quilts myself. Thanks for the links and for sharing your top with Oh Scrap!
This is beautiful quilt Gretchen!
I love this scrappy star-time well spent!
Your stars shine brightly! (Although, now I'm curious about what your original blocks looked like.)
What a variety of colors and patches. It pays to save them already cut. The stars just really twinkle. Good going.
And a beautiful Scrappy Stars, indeed! There is something about scrappy that says warm and cozy to me. Well done!
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