Thursday, September 28, 2017

Inverted Star Quilt

The other day I was online looking for patterns for fabrics with big prints.  I came across Maple Island Quilts  (https://mapleislandquilts.com/gallery/bq-nation/) and decided to try setting my Inverted Star blocks ala Maple Island Quilt's BQ pattern.  I have 16 blocks done.  They are not sewn together yet, but you get the idea.


All of the star blocks are made from my scraps, and they are 12 1/2" square.  They took a lot of time to make because I wanted all the seams in the blocks to nest.  It was harder than you would think! I started this quilt in January of 2016.


 The white in the star blocks was given to me by a friend.  I had to buy more white for the setting squares, and I just chose a white that looked the closest to it. This quilt will be 72" x 72" when it is finally sewn together. I had to restrain myself from making 4 more inverted star blocks and making a bigger quilt.  Then I thought about making a piano key border from my scraps.  I still may make the border, but I realize that not every quilt needs to be queen sized.  I don't know who will get this one yet.

 Stash Report:
Used this week:  5.375 yards (Urban 9 Patch)
Used year to date: 108.625 yards
Added this week:  0 yards
Added year to date: 183.25 yards
Net Added yards: 74.625 yards

Linking up: http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2017/09/washi-dresses-4-5.html

5 comments:

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Another fun quilt.

chrisknits said...

Gorgeous!!! I need to mark that block and keep it in the queue!

Jennifer said...

Love your scrappy star blocks and love the setting too!

grammajudyb said...

I've used that Maple Island Quilts pattern. But I love your stars set in this pattern. Well done!

Lisa said...

You probably already finished this beautiful quilt, if not here is a border that may appeal to you:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/ARZOoVD-0PsFS09DrqFsS4E06V1mpYwon2VfIenZ2p55CFkEgIO9h14/