"Make what you want to make, and make it the way you want to make it." Gwen Marston

Monday, November 3, 2014

Charming Stars

Charming Stars are a lot like potato chips.  You can’t have just one.  Or four.  Or eight.  Remember this lovely stack of fabric squares cut from shirts?

As you may recall, I’m combining the Shirt Challenge with the Charming Stars Sew-a-Long.  The shirt challenge calls for a quilt made of only six shirts, plus one other fabric to tie everything together.  We can also add fabric for binding and backing.  I’ve had a pile of shirts that I’d been wanting to use, and when I saw that Sheila was combining the two projects, I immediately knew that that was what I wanted to do, too.  The plan for the Charming Stars is to make 4 stars per month, beginning in September.  Well, September didn’t quite go as planned for me, but I did manage to get the shirts deconstructed.  Last week, with October drawing to a close, I decided that I need to get busy and make stars.  But I couldn’t stop once I started!

I made all 16 of the stars!  I don’t have a design wall, and these stars even pushed my ‘design floor’ to the max.  In my next life, I’ll have a huge sewing studio with an enormous design wall.  A girl can dream, can’t she?  Anyway, I’ve seen a couple of people planning to put their stars together like this, without the neutral sashing.  Hmmmm…shat do you think?  I agree – the sashing is needed.  Back soon with the completed top! 

Happy Stitching…..Sunny

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20 comments:

  1. Wow, no dithering for you Sunny - well done - awesome!! I think yours would look great with or without the sashing. See you soon with the completed top!

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  2. Oh I agree with Raewyn awesome !!

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  3. Me 3. You have done great getting this done. I think it looks lovely and with or without slashing I love it.

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  4. This looks wonderful! You sure stitched up a storm.

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  5. your stars are looking great Sunny.....
    Hugz

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  6. Your blocks all look great! :0)

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  7. These stars look great. Sashing or not it will be a lovely quilt!

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  8. It looks awesome. I love the blues. I may need to did out my blues and make some stars!!!

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  9. OMG you sure did get lots done... I think it's better that way than just doing a few at a time like I am...
    They look fabulous but smashing will look better...

    I'm with you. A huge sewing room and massive design wall....maybe we will both be in the some next live..LOL

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  10. Wow, they look fabulous! I love blue and white quilts and star quilts, so this one is going to be fantastic!

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  11. Wonderful Sunny , I love your blocks and I personally would go with the sashings . I have to get back at making blocks .

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  12. You did good. Would be hard for me to use only 6 of any thing in making a quilt.

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  13. Hurry up & do some sewing, Sunny... ha ha!
    The stars look great, but I think definitely sashing is needed.

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  14. Love the stars and as for not stopping--that only counts if you are eating chocolate!!!
    hugs, di and miss gracie

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  15. What an amazing amount of fabric you got from the shirts, and they look so nice together. I love star quilts.

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  16. I do remember that stack and your stars are wonderful sitting on your design floor. :0)
    Yes dream!

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  17. Great work the stars. Love how they turned out!

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