Monday, October 20, 2025

Making Progress

I spent most of the weekend working on the 2025 Guild BOM.  All the Inverted Star blocks are finished with just 2 sawtooth stars left to finish.  That's a wonderful feeling. No last minute dash to the finish line the afternoon before the meeting!  The guild meeting is this week, so the November block will be shown and then just one color left to share with the guild.  Since this quilt needs to be assembled for the December meeting, I started adding the sashing strips to the blocks that have already been revealed. 





I've left the blocks for November and December out of the photo. I'll be able to add November's block after the meeting on Tuesday.  I'll have to wait till after the November meeting to finish assembly of the center.  But I'll have 3 rows that I can full assemble, so I'll work on that.  Plus, the full version of this quilt includes a sawtooth star pieced border. 





Those borders have to be laid out and stitched together too. That will take a lot of  time. So I may start on those and then finish the center after the November meeting. I just need one sawtooth star to show at the meeting, so I can add in all the others. One of the December blocks will be a corner block, so I can just add that one at the end of a border row once that meeting is over and be ready to assemble the remaining row and add the borders. Definitely doable.  

8 comments:

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

I just love those inverted star blocks! So glad you're in a good place for your guild BOM. I've been thinking about a new block for the 2026 RSC - are these a block in the public domain or is there a pattern to buy? I have a couple other ideas, too, but just researching my options at this point!

Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl said...

Sounds like great progress and a smart plan (it's nice that the December block is a corner block)!

Sara said...

I do love a star block!! Yours are really pretty!

Barbara said...

I really love those inverted stars. I’m starting to think about next year’s Rainbow Scrap quilt. I might like to do that block.

Cheree @ The Morning Latte said...

Gosh there's always something so classic about stars! That's going to be pretty in all those fun fabrics!

Linda at Texas Quilt Gal said...

I'm looking forward to seeing this one assembled!

Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork Appliqué said...

Lovely stars, great feeling to be right on time ;) The sashings are looking good, it's going to be a pretty quilt. Thank you for sharing your secret BOM and linking up!

Jennifer said...

Love the simplicity of the same block in different colors - look forward to seeing it come together.