Lots of stars in my future!

I finished assembling my Texas Star quilt on Wednesday.  I still need to trim up the edges before basting.  That will happen as soon as I get some fabric for the backing.   Texas Star will be the first quilt to go in the hoop this fall.

Since she is a baby quilt only measuring 46x58 it shouldn't take too long to quilt.  The star quilt pictured below will be the next candidate.   It would be great if I can get them both quilted before winter ends.

In the meantime, I will continue to work on my hourglass blocks and think about how I will quilt these two quilts.  I am really excited thinking about having a finish again, it has been a while.

Time travel to February 2017

Well I went back in my blog and didn't see any post about my star quilt that I machine pieced using Y seams.  I started out hand piecing one block and then watched Edyta Sitar's Y seam You Tube video on doing Y seams by machine.  Well, the machine won out.  I think it had to do with all those seams that come together in the middle of the star.   I took the time and marked the seam lines as if I were hand piecing so that I would know when to start and stop my seams. It took a bit more time but was well worth the effort.

 I would make a few blocks every time I entered the sewing room and soon I was able to start assembling them in rows.  I have always loved stars when it came to quilts and this one has the secondary star that forms when the blocks come together.  Definitely a win win!

All my blocks laid out!

Then it was time to start assembling them adding the triangles in between the stars!

I find it easier to create sections that I later sew together.

I just love the colors in this quilt. I have a stone wall and fireplace in our family room and I can't wait to get this quilted so it can be displayed over the stone wall. But right now, we have been hitting 100 degrees plus daily.  So the hand quilting will have to wait till fall!