Scrappy Stars

I have waaaayyyyy too much fabric stashed away.  I think I could make a queen-sized quilt for everyone in my small town of 1,200 people.  So I decided one way or another I'm going to start using some of it up so I can justifiably purchase some of those luscious new fabrics out there right now.  I have a scrap quilts pattern book and found this lovely stars pattern.  It went together rather quickly and I like the way it turned out.  The only problem is that one has to purchase all the background and border fabrics to finish the quilt.  I decided to make this one longer and wider than the twin size quilt in the book.  It's a dorm size quilt that in the near future my granddaughter can have to take to college with her.  Her friends there can autograph the yellow border strip and anywhere on the stars.  Hopefully she'll like it.  

Spring Thaw

I just finished this 22" square quilt today. An on-line acquaintance gave me permission to use a photo he'd taken. I constructed the Eastern Bluebird way last winter and then put it aside until a few days ago. After I got started once again it went quickly. I decided to try a bit of realism using a real tree branch stitched onto the quilt. Easy to remove and replace later or omit entirely. I will donate it to the Nebraska Ornithologist's Union to use as a fund raiser. Hopefully it will make them some creditable dollars and make someone happy.