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Ribbon Star Quilt |
I followed the Ribbon Star block tutorial from the Solstice Star Series feature over at the Fresh Lemons Quilts blog. The instructions for that ribbon star block can be found
here.
After I completed the block, I decided it was so pretty that I would use it as a feature block in a small quilt. So I framed it in some pretty fabric then got out some graph paper to figure out how to add blocks around it.
Once I had all the blocks worked out and the strips cut, it was easy to put together. I was still worried that my math skills would be off as would the quilt. But lo and behold, it all lined up as planned. Yay!
I started to quilt the borders with some wavy lines. For some reason I was bored with that but continued on anyway. Once I got all the borders quilted, I couldn't decide what to do with the blocks. The next thing I knew, this thing landed in the UFO pile. It's been there since last spring. With my fresh finish on another UFO, I was motivated to pick this one back up and finish it.
A few months ago, I did a quilt-as-you-go block of fabric that I turned into a basket. I quilted it by starting in the center and creating a maze of stitches all the way to the outside of the block. I decided that these blocks should be quilted that way as well. Before I knew it, I had the entire quilt finished. I spent yesterday adding the binding and the label it was completed in no time. I really like the look of this little quilt and it will look good across the back of my sofa for the rest of the summer.
I am really digging getting these unfinished objects done!