I went down to the basement and looked at the last section of the workbench but just couldn't talk myself into working on it. The weather was perfect to be outside so I pulled weeds and cut volunteer trees from the front flower bed. I watered the porch pots and all 22 of my Christmas/Thanksgiving cactus, filled the bird feeders and planted some Jack Be Little pumpkin seeds in a pot near my neighbor's fence behind my bird feeders. They are miniatures and the package says 3" across and 2" high. I thought about planting regular size pumpkins but I really don't have enough room for them to spread all across the back of the lot.
While I was doing all of that I was thinking about the projects that are stalled and hope I have come to a good solution for at least one of them.
I have 30 of these star blocks and got stalled on whether I want to sew them together edge to edge, or border them with dark floral fabrics, and maybe put sashing between them after that narrow border. Here is the post where I was playing with layouts, 2 1/2 years ago....... I need to stop dithering and finish it.
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I have a few stalled projects myself & wonder why do I keep adding to them 😄
I really like the look of the stars placed right next to each other... but if you want to make the quilt bigger, you’ll need to sew sashing strips between them. I would use a single fabric for the sashing—meaning I wouldn't add a border.
In any case, all three versions will look great :-)) I’m excited to see which one you choose.
Best regards, Viola
Sounds like you accomplished a lot! The weather was too nice to stay indoors to clean up! You have inspired me to tackle the piles that have accumulated on the two chairs I have in the sewing studio. I found some stuff I was looking for! .
Wonderful sunshine yesterday and today looks like the same. I'd try setting those floral stars on point and seeing how they look....alternate with checkerboards?
It would have been a shame to waste a beautiful weather day working in the basement! the sunshine was good for your vitamin D levels and being outside cleared your brain out to start fresh on those floral stars.
I prefer the stars without sashing/borders. The added strips harden the edges of the squares and for me, they distract from the stars themselves. But the layout also depends on the size you're going for. Glad you went outdoors and enjoyed the sunshine!
I love these star blocks!
I have some stalled projects too - I need to look at them one of these days and decide if I will finish them or what
Hard decisions on the finishing as something obvious doesn't jump out and grab you. Maybe needs a secondary pattern around them. Beautiful floral fabrics.
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