This AM I sewed the last 5 Shooting Star block centers. I took a couple pics in progress for a new e-friend who asked for directions. I double sew the squares so I have a little HST block for my future pinwheel quilt.
The thing to notice in the picture is that the square is 1/4" away from one edge of the rectangle. This lets the stars "float" a little inside the black so no points are cut off.
Here is the quilt with the new blocks laid out beside it, all ready for borders on them:
After lunch I will be doing much pressing and cutting of shirts. I am going to make a 9-patch on point in the future with shirts as the alternate blocks, and I will need 180 five-inch blocks for that. I am going to use up non-favorite shirts for the back of the Shooting Star quilt. I will use the biggest squares possible, plus rectangles. I am going to make rows of blocks for the back, not necessarily the same size, but the largest I can to utilize the biggest chunks of fabric. I figure while I'm handling the fabric, I might as well cut for all of these. Naturally, all else goes into my scrap bin for half hexagons or string quilts/borders.
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My word! You are going like a house a-fire!!! Where did all that energy and enthusiasm come from?
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