Melanie....it's all your fault !
Several months ago my most generous friend Melanie, who in the process of getting rid of stuff, gave me a gallon zip bag filled with blue and white star blocks. Yesterday when I dug through the bag, I didn't know whether to thank her or curse her. Howstupid happy am I to have taken this bag off her hands! As I filtered through the bag separating the finished from the unfinished quilt blocks I found that she had completed six 12 1/2" blocks and many 6 1/2" ones, enough to finish my lap size quilt at 42" x 60".
No, her construction isn't perfect.....nor is mine. Upon close examination of each block, I remembered her telling me that there were a million bunny ears to clip off each block and that this was one of her early quilting attempts and that the seam allowances weren't perfect and none of the blocks squared up correctly and she just didn't have the time! and on and on. At the time, I remembered just seeing these beautiful blue and white stars and not believing my luck that I was the recipient. Each block had so many little pieces. How did Melanie even get this many sewn together? I would have given up long before she did. I'm sure Melanie has a quilt pattern somewhere for this quilt, probably in one of her zillion quilt books/magazines that she pared down in her recent move. But I didn't have it so I just puttered and placed blocks on my design wall and came up with this arrangement.
I think it turned out beautifully and don't think it will collapse on top of me when it gets all quilted, washed and spread across my legs as I doze. No, I see no faulty construction here and
here's what remains that will be put into another quilt. Aren't they gorgeous? No, I see nothing faulty about the construction of these little blue shining stars.
Several months ago my most generous friend Melanie, who in the process of getting rid of stuff, gave me a gallon zip bag filled with blue and white star blocks. Yesterday when I dug through the bag, I didn't know whether to thank her or curse her. How
No, her construction isn't perfect.....nor is mine. Upon close examination of each block, I remembered her telling me that there were a million bunny ears to clip off each block and that this was one of her early quilting attempts and that the seam allowances weren't perfect and none of the blocks squared up correctly and she just didn't have the time! and on and on. At the time, I remembered just seeing these beautiful blue and white stars and not believing my luck that I was the recipient. Each block had so many little pieces. How did Melanie even get this many sewn together? I would have given up long before she did. I'm sure Melanie has a quilt pattern somewhere for this quilt, probably in one of her zillion quilt books/magazines that she pared down in her recent move. But I didn't have it so I just puttered and placed blocks on my design wall and came up with this arrangement.
I think it turned out beautifully and don't think it will collapse on top of me when it gets all quilted, washed and spread across my legs as I doze. No, I see no faulty construction here and
here's what remains that will be put into another quilt. Aren't they gorgeous? No, I see nothing faulty about the construction of these little blue shining stars.
So pretty. The two different 6" blocks gives your eye a lot to look at. I enjoy these types of projects more than the perfectly pieced, perfectly planned whatever. I also love possessing other people's work.
ReplyDeleteThank you Suzette. This was so fun to work on....Melanie had already done all the work!
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