Turkey Tracks: August 24, 2019
A Lone Star Quilt?
First, I finished AND HUNG the 6-pointed star project—designed by Tara Faughnan in the class I took last winter from Sewtopia, called The Color Collective. I called it “Geometric Explosion” since you can see so many geometric forms in it as you look at it for any time and from different angles—from big hexies to tumbling blocks—in addition to the stars.
I quilted it with size 8 perle cotton and kept to the dark colors as I didn’t want the brights to disrupt the geometric “explosion.”
I hung it in my bedroom, replacing an older quilt that has been hanging for some time. It’s good to refresh wall hangings (and pillows!) every so often. It’s good to let an older quilt get a nice washing and to “rest” in peace for a while.
I finished and trimmed this big Lone Star block (30 inches unfinished) yesterday.
Oh my!
I have to make MORE of these. I have to.
Maybe 4 of them, which would make about a 60 by 60 lap quilt. And, possibly, one more that will hang on the wall at my quilt room door? The older quilt there needs a rest as well.
I’ve always been terrified to try a Lone Star block. No more.
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