Saturday, May 23, 2015

Rainbow Scrap Challenge - The Green in my Stars

I'll apologize for the cheesy post title, the first title I came up with was the same as last week's.  This was the only other thing my feeble brain could come up with this morning.  Maybe it's not such a bad title.  We've had so much rain, that it's green everywhere, even places you don't want it to be.  

I didn't have much time for stitching this week.  One night I helped Drama Teen study for her dreaded math final (on trigonometry).  She made an A on her final, so that was time well spent.  One other night was spent at the volleyball parent's meeting.  Drama Teen didn't make the team this year, coach thought her knee (she had ACL surgery last fall) was still too weak for her to play. But he wants her to keep working on getting it stronger so she can try again next year.  She'll be a team manager this year, which will allow her to work out with the team, but not have to play.

I've been working on finishing off Grand Illusion, so the Twinkle Stars have taken a bit of a back seat. Even with all the distractions, I did finish off two more green ones this week

  
Twinkle Stars, Tutorial by Andrea Feldbush of Soscrappy

I did a better job of varying the color intensity of the blocks this month.  There are still 3 more left to be cut out and stitched.  Thankfully there is still one week left in May.  

All the purple blocks were finished off last week.  Before I stored them away with the other completed blocks, I couldn't resist putting them all up on the design wall. 




It's going to be a very bright and colorful quilt. These blocks have been such fun to make.  Thanks Angela (Soscrappy) for including the Twinkle Star in last year's sampler. It's become my favorite block.  

It's going to rain most of our holiday weekend.  Hopefully you'll have better luck with the rain and it won't dampen your Memorial Day weekend. I'm going to grab another cup of coffee and check out the other rainbows posted for over at Soscrappy for this week's Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  

18 comments:

Kat Scribner said...

Kate, your twinkle stars project is wonderful!

Sally Trude said...

Wow! That is really coming together nicely. I love the combination of single and double color stars.

Julierose said...

Lovely twinkling stars--I especially like the framing on each corner--really adds to how this piece looks when put together...hugs, Julierose

sunny said...

Oh my gosh - what a beautiful quilt! It's so colorful and cheery!

Quiltdivajulie said...

Really like the look of all the colors together -- totally understand needing to get them all together on the design wall!

gayle said...

I adore your Twinkle Stars! You're making me want to make one of my own...

LA Paylor said...

they are so exciting. I might have to try this block now that I've seen your shining example. Oh so much to make...LeeAnna

scraphappy said...

Your twinkle stars are turning into such a happy quilt. It should start slowing down soon. Hopefully that will mean plenty if time for sewing and relaxation.

Scrappy quilter said...

Your twinkle stars are going to make one beautiful quilt. Love the green ones.

Katie Z. said...

Lovely, lovely, lovely!

Julianne said...

Your quilt is getting better every week, I just love those pretty stars!

Nell's Quilts said...

The colourful stars really do twinkle! Beautiful! Good luck with the Grand Illusion piecing. I have one row finished and the rest of the pieces are sitting and waiting. Soon.

Shay said...

Woah! You were right - I almost needed sunglasses to look at your twinkle stars quilt. Bad jokes aside - I absolutely love it. The colours are just gorgeous!

Julie in GA said...

Such beautiful stars! I love seeing them all together.

Quilter Kathy said...

I love twinkle stars... it is a perfect name!

seabreezequilts said...

Looking good.

Kristin said...

I love how your quilt is turning out! I think the green are my fave. =)

Kate said...

Goodness gracious, I love these! So bright and cheerful! I might have to steal it for next year - I love how some are the same color and some have a new color.