Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Teal Stars

On the long list of projects for 2025, numbers 6, 7 & 8 were to make quilts for granddaughter Joanna. She's a teal girl and I have started the first quilt. For lack of a better name, I'm calling it Teal Stars.


I made the first star just to see what it was going to look like. Now I need to sew three more stars. They're ready to sew, hopefully next week I'll be able to show you all four stars or maybe, perhaps, the finished center section of the quilt.

Teal is one color I don't have very much of in my stash so I went to Calico Point and bought some. I did have one fabric from my stash, the dark outside diamond. I made sure the new fabrics played well with that fabric.  


25 comments:

Pam said...

This is just lovely!

Linda said...

That's a beautiful start to your quilt. Is that a Lone Star?

Gretchen Weaver said...

It's a small one, there will be 4 stars in the center. I can picture it in my mind, hopefully it will look like what I'm envisioning when I'm finished.

Michele McLaughlin said...

That's gorgeous! She will love it!

Kate said...

Those teals work so well together. A wonderful start!

JCH said...

Beautiful star! Colors are gorgeous.

PaintedThread said...

Beautiful! Love those fabrics.

Lin said...

Gorgeous! Love that colour. xx

Quilting Gail said...

Beautiful!

Nann said...

The colorway is beautiful and your points and inset seams are perfect!

TerryKnott.blogspot.com said...

Beautiful star, Gretchen! Is is so luminous!

Florida Farm Girl said...

This is stunning!!

time4stitchn said...

Beautiful colors with excellent piecing. Love it!

Andree G. Faubert said...

Hi Gretchen, I love lone star blocks and it looks like this one will have friends - even better. Those colours are fab :-)

Denise said...

Your star is gorgeous, cant wait to see the finished quilt.

ChezVies said...

Beautiful lone star and love the color too.

Gwyned Trefethen said...

Lone Star quilts, or in your case blocks, have always been a favorite of mine. It looks great made up in the teal fabrics.

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

What a beautiful star - and wow - all those points match!! that is impressive!

Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork Appliqué said...

Wow, your star looks gorgeous! I love all these blue and teal fabrics together, you are very talented with mixing colors. Three more blocks? I thought I was a single huge star.
Thank you for sharing and linking up!

K Reeves said...

Gorgeous points and a lovely play of fabrics Gretchen!

CathieJ said...

I love teal. That star is beautiful.

Kathleen said...

That will be one gorgeous quilt! Thanks for linking up to TGIFF!

Jennifer Fulton Inquiring Quilter said...

Very pretty star block! Your granddaughter is just going to love this quilt. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2025/01/29/wednesday-wait-loss-417

JanineMarie said...

Ooh, pretty, and I like the name just fine. I think I’ve always given quilts kind of obvious names.

Fischtown Lady said...

Hello Gretchen,
your star ist so beautyful.
Greetings, Marita