This is one of those quilts that you make with the half square triangles. I have wanted to make this one for a long time but as I said before I am not that good with HST's. I had a ruler that helps with them and just never tried it out. I can't say I was too happy with the ruler in the end but it was fun making this quilt. I won't use the ruler again because my edges were on the bias. Who needs that?!
One nice thing about this quilt is that I did not buy any fabric for it. It all came from my stash. I pieced the back of it too but I wanted to wait till I had the quilt together before I posted a photo of that. I have a couple of other things to get out of the way before I get this one sandwiched and quilted. I am still practicing the free motion quilting and I think I am doing a lot better at it. The hard part for me has been to get control with the whole speed thing but it seems to be working out OK now. I was hoping to free motion quilt this one but we shall see. It is for my youngest grandson, hopefully before he is four years old. LOL
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Beautiful quilt. I've always wanted to do a star like that. I don't like HST's either. I have a drawerful of Thangles. I also bought a new product recently, called Ta-Da Triangles. It is a very light fusible interfacing that is not stiff (very soft) and does not need to be removed after making the triangles. Karen
Your star quilt is fantastic! I love your fabrics, very well placed! Ditto on the HSTs from me, too! UGH! :o)
Very pretty and all from your stash , thats great.
Well you could have fooled me about not being good with HST - looks perfect to me! Great job, and from your stash, too - way to go!
That is a beautiful quilt! I'm not a huge fan of HST's either, especially when they are teeny tiny!
Your grandson is lucky to be recieving such a lovely creation.
Take care, and thank you for all of your kind comments over on my site! - Elizabeth
Yep, great quilt and I LOVE the colors. Did I mention that I take Christmas presents any time of the year ;-)
Your little one will love it and cherish it, I know.
Good Job!!!
Looks good! cw
I always hated hst's too, but then I started using the easy angle ruler where you cut off the points in advance and I haven't had any trouble since. I like making them now. And, only one edge is bias. I cut the strips and lay two together and then cut both halves of the triangle at the same time and just carry them to the machine. Lane
great looking quilt, I can not wait to see it in person this wknd. I told ya the Easy Angle makes ease of HST, I never liked triangles either until I bought the ruler.. so EASY. do ya have one? Let me know before Sat and I will bring mine down and let ya play with it.. again great quilt!!
..looks great!
Your star quilt is wonderful!
Ooooo - this is sooo pretty! I love the colors. Good luck on your free-motion quilting.
Little G said he is excited to drool and possibly spitup on this wonderful star during his daily tummy time.
I love this quilt!! Its beautiful!
Such a pretty quilt! I love the way you used the various shades of blue to make it pop.
Very pretty, and just my favorite color also--blues. If you had any trouble with the piecing it certainly doesn't show. Can't wait to see it after it's quilted, bet it will be treasured for a long time. Have a good weekend.
Your star quilt is very pretty. Have a good weekend.
Vera
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