Finished quilt!

 

Quilting after getting it pinned.  I chose to do some straight line quilting.

  

Here is Earl, "helping" me.

And the finished quilt!! I am definitely happy with how it turned out.  And she was happy with the gift :) Definitely a quick turn around for me.  It only took about 3 weeks!

Finished top!!!!

I don't have a close up on the fabric I ended up choosing for the border, but it's black with multi colored stars.  I think it fits perfect.  I chose to use a solid border instead of a pieced one, because this needed to get done quickly!

I laid it out to get the basting done.  I need more safety pins!

Here's a picture of the back, I don't think it does the back justice.

And now I quilt it!!!

Finished Blocks

I finished all the star blocks! 

I have almost all the sashings on!

My husband helped me lay out the blocks so nothing was too similar next to anything else.

I am trying to decide on how I will make it bigger.  I was thinking a random 2.5" 16 patch

Or maybe a colored 2.5" 16 patch?

And now for some sashing.

I now have 8 stars, and I wanted to see how it looked with the fabric I picked out for sashing.  I wasn't too sure how I felt about it.

I cut up some more strips and laid it out.  I am really liking how this is coming together!

I think I might add another border on the outside to finish it up. We will see how I feel once I get this put together.

Here is my new quilting buddy Earl helping me out.

And then there were 6

I am able to get a few done each night, they don't take much work! I shouldn't have any issues meeting my deadline!

I think the biggest issue I will have is not having enough fabric to make the quilt as big as I would like.  I have pre ordered this fabric, and finding more has been a struggle.  But I can add a border to make the quilt bigger.

And then there were 4

I got 4 blocks done tonight.  They are pretty easy to whip up.  I just need to figure out how many I am going to do, and how I will sash them.

Star block

I had said I had some ideas about how to use my 2.5" squares.  And this is what I came up with!  

 I decided to make it 4x4.  So I had to cut the background strips 8.5"x 2.5" and I just did a stitch and flip for the corners or star points.

I can't wait to get more of these whipped up!