Star Struck Quilt Along - Lap Size

Moving right along.  The picture doesn't look as good as the actual quilt.  This is the lap portion of the Star Struck quilt.

Progress on Projects

I have completed this week's Starstruck Baby quilt phase.  

This is a project I have been taking far too long to complete.  It is beautiful, but I feel some of my limited skills cause it to look less attractive than it could.  This is Brilliant Beauties of Joy by Jacqueline de Jonge.  This is probably around 1/3 or the quilt.  I am determined to finish it, because I love how it looks, I just wish I was a bit more skilled at insetting the pieces.

I am working on this month's assignment for the Mosaic Mystery Quilt found at Meadow Mist Designs.  This is September's progress.

I also hope to make major progress on my leaders/enders quilt - Rick Rack Nines designed by Bonnie K. Hunter.  Here's where I am at right now.  All of the blocks are pieced, now I am piecing the quilt.  The thing that most amazes me is how many different fabrics are in this.

 

What I Have Been Sewing?

I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago complete with photos of things I had sewn this year.  Somehow it failed to get published and disappeared into the cyber abyss.  I will try to do a recap here, but the photos will be a little less than ideal.

Piano lessons are a great reason to make these bags.

I have done several pattern tests.

 

I just completed a scrap quilt with a pieced back that really helped me get rid of some of my scraps that I will likely never use.  I will get photos of that up soon.  Below is a teaser.

The fabrics below are for the Mosaic Mystery Quilt by Meadow Mist Designs.  I have the first step sewn, but I did not get a picture of that yet.

Progess in the Quilt Along

This is the wall hanging faze of the #StarStruckQuiltAlong.  I am really liking how things are looking thus far.  Melissa's directions are very nice and clear.  She has lots of pictures that make it easy to follow.  I am looking forward to the next phase.

Quilt Along

I started this quilt along from Melissa Corry at happyquiltingmelissa.com.  Here are the fabrics I have selected and cut.

Updates from My Sewing Studio

I have spent the last couple of months focusing on sewing pioneer clothes for a handcart trek in Wyoming with youth ages 13.8-18+.  It was awesome.  I made neck coolers for my "family" and two dresses.  My daughter made one of her dresses, with assistance from me.  Of course she had to have inset lace on the sleeves and lace trim on the cuffs.

I also pattern tested this pattern.  Here is my test sample.

Quilt Updates

After the last post, I thought I would brighten things up a bit.  Here is a quilt made by my 8 year-old son.  He selected all of the fabrics, laid out the blocks and stitched them all together.  I quilted and bound it.  He has not asked to sew anything since then, but he was surprisingly accurate.

 This quilt was in the works for a long time, but it was really a lot more work than I thought it should be to ruffle the columns. 

 This was a wedding quilt that I designed based on a picture sent by my nephew.  They were very happy with it and that is what matters.