UFO Has Landed!

Now THIS is why I never throw anything away!

So, I am supposed to be going to a UFO day at Connecting Threads this weekend - better dig out those eight pointed star blocks I made from the leftovers of my Scrappy Star Quilt - Oh and those sample blocks I made from Tula Pink's 100 Modern Quilt Blocks at Sandy's group. That should be enough to keep me occupied for the day.

OOPS! I started playing with them and look what happened!

These were the 6 inch sample blocks. I duplicated a couple of the ones I liked and left out some where the colours didn't look quite right (UFO for another day)!

I had to set this one on point in the middle, because otherwise it looked asymmetrical and (for me) it didn't work anywhere else.





These eight pointed stars are part pieced and part solid. I had been practising those 'Y' seams. So confident am I now, that I unpicked the odd one out today and re-positioned the setting triangles and corner squares and got it right first time.

Most pleasing of all was the border. I had saved these left over 2 inch half square triangle units from one of my earliest quilts (Alison's Angels 2006).                            

 I just knew they would come in handy one day!!

I kept the size down so that I can back it with a single width of fabric - so it will be a nice lap quilt size.

On Monday, I quilted and bound my scrappy version of the Mystery Quilt ready for the 'Big Reveal' this weekend - WATCH THIS SPACE!

Happy Quilting Everyone!

Janet

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