Star, I'm Thinking - Part 2

I've added a row at the top and bottom of the body of the quilt to lend some length and that's that!!!

Now to get to work on the backing which sometimes takes longer to do than the top.....sigh

I'm using a couple of the t-shirts provided and the rest of the HSTs.

Finally done with the backing. Yeah!!! 

Now I'll need to quilt everything and present it to her.........I'm going to buckle down and get this done. You've heard it here!!

This is my own design that I sketched out a few years ago. Feel free to use it.

My friend Guilitta asked about the design I used for the star. I hope I explained well enough about the construction but might have fallen short.

So I'll try again to explain.  The block size can be "your own choice" that's the beauty of this design. If you're making a mini quilt to a king-sized quilt. I used 6 1/2 inch blocks for the memory quilt because I was working with fabric from her husband's shirts.

There are several ways to make HSTs and it's easy to find out on youTube.  I hope I've explained a bit better.

Another Finish

The teacher's aide in Ayden's class loves the red/black combo so I whipped out this 20" square number. I used my favorite "kite" shape as a template which makes the wonderful fractured diamond design. From start to finish, this quilt took around 8 to 10 hours. If I hadn't had to stop for nourishment it might have taken a short period of time.....LOL

Two Christmas presents are now crossed off my list!!

Thanks Guilitta!

Guilitta is a blogging friend from Germany. She has managed to light a fire under me..... LOL
I had promised to make a template for those who were following me on that Broken Dishes project.  Well, as usual, life got in my way and the thoughts of developing a template to share was pushed to the back corner of my tiny, little mind. So thanks to Guilitta, I'm back on track and ready to share the
"Broken Dishes Worksheet" PDF, as I'm calling it.
Make sure you pop over to Guilitta's blog to see what she is up to.