Starstruck Completed

I finished the Starstruck quilt late in October, but forgot to post until now. :

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Starstruck Quilt Top Finished……..Next Step is the Quilting

Top: Detail showing border: The outside black border will end up being the same width as the inner black border. I added extra on the outside for machine quilting purposes…….so there would be some fabric available for “squaring up.”

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Sneak Peek at Starstruck

I have been making serious progress on the Starstruck quilt. This is the center 100 stars pieced together. I will be adding an inner 2 inch black border, then a border of the little cream and black Friendship stars, then the outer 2 inch black border. By the way, this is what a stack of [...]

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Starstruck Progress

Well, this is what 51 cream and black Friendship Star border blocks look like: I know, I know. All the little back figures in the cream background fabric are not lined up in the same direction. So give me a break already! Here is a view from the side of the stack. Just 25 to [...]

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Starstruck Progress

Whew, I now have 100 – 8 inch blocks (finished) for the center of the Starstruck quilt: Now, on to the border blocks. These little guys are only 4 1/2 inches square finished and my new calculations indicate I will need 76 of them. Sadly, not all of them will be fortunate enough to have [...]

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Block Number 82!

Only 18 to go. Then on to the border which has as many cream and black Friendhip Star blocks as the center has colorful blocks. Humm…………

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Progress Report on Starstruck Quilt

As I posted earlier, I am making a queen size version of Bonnie Hunter’ “Starstruck” quilt. My version will have 100 of the star blocks to make a queen size quilt. So far, I have made 47 of these: And the pile of “bonus” half-square triangles is growing proportionately: I have had an epiphany! Half [...]

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Starstruck with Borders

I mentioned in an earlier post attending a workshop with Bonnie Hunter, designer, blogger and author. Well, here is an EQ6 drawing of the version of “Starstruck” I started in her workshop. I added the Freindship Star border in black and cream as a little bit of my own contribution to the design. My finished [...]

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Quilt Workshop with Bonnie Hunter

Over the weekend, I drove 420 miles to Indianapolis to attend a trunkshow and workshop by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville fame. I stayed Thursday evening at my sister-in-law’s house near Indy and she graciously drove us from her house to the trunk show that evening. Friday morning, I loaded up my gear and drove to [...]

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