Wonky Star

star quilt
Finished quilt, Otsego Lake 2018

 

 

I started making wonky star blocks after watching a Freddy Moran video on YouTube.  I started with several different size center squares and just started putting the stars together.

working on stars

After a couple of weekends, I had quite a few stars.

couch full of stars

Then I had to figure out how to put these difference size blocks together into a quilt.  I found a ombre batik fabric that I cut into 3 inch strips.   Starting at the bottom,  I sewed together as many as needed to then attach one of the stars, then I’d cut off any excess.  I put the larger stars at the bottom and the smallest at the top.

quilting star

 

Once the top was completed,  I made the quilt sandwich with the backing, batting and top and pinned it together.  Now for the quilting.  A few years ago, my husband surprised me with a Handi-Quilter Sweet Sixteen.   As you can see from this photo I’m learning to quilt using a ruler.

burst quilting

 

Here’s a close up of the quilting on the star.

I quilted all the stars first.  Then I added afree motion

tumbling star to the rest of the quilt.

star quilting