Amsterdam Star WIP

 Sometimes it just needs one thing to make you look at an old WIP in a new light and before you know it you have it all pulled out and back on the cutting table.

I recently bought a new quilt pattern, and inspired by it's on point layout thought about some of the projects that have been tucked away for way too long, and realized that my Amsterdam Star blocks project (of which I had sewn 4 of 9 blocks) would work perfectly in a similar setting.  Bonus, I would have less blocks to sew.

Photographic evidence seems to suggest I was last working on this around March 2014 and when I got to the end of the pieces I had cut out, the whole lot got put away.  Right, I found my handwritten notes and away I went.  Well first it took a while to work out what my notes meant 😂😂

Fours blocks...

Became five and I drafted a half block

Mid weekend progress... I've got two half blocks pieced and two half blocks cut.  This is the basic layout.

The pattern used as inspiration has background triangles in the corners but I might see if I have enough fabric to piece corner blocks.  Time will tell.  More fabric needs to be purchased for sashing and inner borders.

I still really like the inspiration pattern and will one day make the original design.  But it's also been satisfying to work on an older project which I still love (and rue ever putting aside 🙈).

Lockdown... Again

 It's been ages since my last post.  I have been plugging away at my Sweet Escape log cabins and finally finished the last block on Saturday, and pieced the rest of the top on Sunday.  Patchwork takes time but persistence and patience do pay off in the end.  This is 80" of lusciousness.

I have a Spotlight wide back in Charcoal ready to back this but am stumped for quilting ideas.  I think it would be stunning hand quilted but not sure if I'm up to the challenge.

As I often do, I have used this scrappy version of the Brightly quilt as my leader/ ender.  The blocks have a similar number of seams as the log cabin so for every log cabin block there is another Brightly block to add to the collection.  I've ended up sewing more of the square blocks, and now just have two of these to make before getting back to the star ones.  Then only 10 more stars and it will be time to put this one together.  It is a 7x7 layout with 12" blocks.  So huge 😂.

Also on the finished pile is this scrappy Transire Quilt which had the last few stitches of binding sewn down last weekend... This has been dragging on so I need to be more disciplined in setting goals and getting the binding finished in future.

A cute cot size the squares for the plus sign nine patches are cut 2".  Quilted with an allover stipple and some designs in the border using the fabric pattern as inspiration.

Rainbows... Orange binding... Label... Done!!

As we have now gone back into lockdown in Northland (until Tuesday but you know, could be anytime), it is time to have another look at my WIP list and see what takes my fancy.  Although I have a couple of new projects that are primed and rearing to go.  Moda Lissa is running a sewalong from her scrappy book... I am not interested... I am not interested.... (As she opens her stash cupboard to see if there is anything that looks promising 🙈)