The improv quilt on the right is…growing. I’m going to use a medium grey solid (Kona’s Titanium) to set the blocks–but I’m not finished making fun blocks yet.
On the left, a “leader/ender” project is now getting its sashing as all the blocks are now made. More on that later. The block is from Bonnie Hunter, who created it for Quiltmaker magazine some years back. I can’t find the link to the pattern but it isn’t hard to figure out. Bonnie is no longer doing that column, and there have been big changes at that magazine with regard to their archive, so there’s that. Bonnie has been making some of these blocks this past year, which is where I saw it, but she’s, at present, moved on to other projects.
And in the middle, where it doesn’t have any space, is a small “Star Brite” piece that will be a table topper. “Star Brite” is Tara’s block for December in her Blocks3 online class. I have organized a backing and will try matchstick quilting on the longarm. This little project just needs something plain for quilting.
Tara, as usual, gave us all sorts of ways to make a star block made from 45 degree angles and “Y” seams. I liked this version, with it’s medium outer trim. Above, on the right in the improv quilt you can see one of these blocks made with the wider trim. It was my trial block.
I’ve wanted to make a scrappy version of this star block for some time, so after making the stars in the improv quilt and the table topper, I felt I was ready to try the scrappy version. And what a handsome block it is, if I do say so myself.
Yeah! It’s going into the improv quilt.
I made a smaller one too and put it on a 10-inch stretched canvas. I promptly fell in love with it and hung it in my quilt room.
I got the January fabric palette for this Blocks3 class, and it is…luscious…and is already washed and ready for January’s prompt.
Have a great week everyone, as we head into New Year 2026. And all my very best wishes to all of you.
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