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 Tonya's Big Star with my orange pieces went together like a dream! 

Thank you Quilt Goddess!  I severely have Stars on my brain... I currently have three big star quilts in the works, and it's really becoming a problem...

But after piecing here's it was like, Yeeeha! that was fun, let's do it again!

 I wanted to show you the back on my grandmother's Quilt.  You can see all her Hand stitches in all the different colors... I love the thought of this... and yes, my brain is kicking in to play to play with this idea.... the back is just as lovely as the front, isn't it?

 I was playing with a pattern that she did on her Pillow that I have... 

Wouldn't this be so cute?

The other day, Alexis asked:

What I would like to ask is what fabric has been in your stash the longest?

I had to sit and stare at my fabrics for a while to figure this out...

I'm not sure... I actually having fabrics where from when I lived in MN, but I only brought them back with me this year... as far as being in NYC for 16 years, my oldest fabric is probably this:

A KID PRINT! who'd a thought!  I rarely use novelty prints... not my fave...

I don't even know where or why I have this... I've never used it...

Annie asked, do you do your machine quilting on a longarm?

I machine quilt I on my JUKI TL- 98 Q

and I hand quilt.

Machine quilting is not my favorite thing to do... so I tend to both kinds  to liven it up a little

I send a bunch out too, if I am not so attached to them, or if I have a great fear of messing them up!

Speaking of which, I need to focus on my star splitter today...

I took a break from it, and now it's time to get back on it..

Got any more questions? 

It sure helps me think, and easier to post!

Happy Sewing!

fun fun fun!!!

Some of you may have seen this project I have been working on with Tonya at the 15 minutes blog. 

 She made the fabulous star, and I did the background orange/yellows and bits...   Hop over to the other site for more info on it...  It's been so fun to work on, and now I need to get to those Y seams!

It makes me sing and dance when I look at it!

Yippeee!

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Many of your comments yesterday regarding machine quilting feathers, were extremely helpful! Thank you! It's good to learn form others who have gone through the same thing!  

Thanks for all the great encouragement as well!

Above is one practice attempt at my feathers, I drew it out on vellum, and then quilted right over the drawing...  This was very helpful.

Although it was hard to get the paper off... I felt much more confident after I saw how it looked....

I did watch that DVD on FUN WITH FEATHERS, and I took her advice on which way to start your feather swooping motions, which was very helpful indeed. It was opposite from the way I was drawing them...

 As I sat watching the DVD on my computer, i thought, why do I have such an ugly mouse pad??

So I had to fix that with a bit of steam a seam and some funky fabric...

Much better! Do you agree?

After I ironed the mouse pad down, I accidentally pulled my iron off the ironing table and quickly did  dance to get my feet out of the way... But alas, it bit me twice...

After I watched that DVD on feathers I got all excited to get the STAR SPLITTER quilt basted...

Half way through I ran out of pins... oh well, always tomorrow! My day wasn't going so great...

Later,

I had much more fun anyway, running around NYC with RENE from Rene creates, and her son.

They were in town for two days checking out colleges, so I took them through Times Square, Central Park, Union Square, subway rides, etc... It was a lovely day!

I'm so glad you came by Rene!  Great to see you again!