Done!

I finished the binding on my new holiday quilt last night, and ran it through the washer and dryer this morning to get crinkled.   It's ready to go -- just in time for December decorating around the house!

And as I was sorting and folding the scraps and leftovers, I gathered enough small pieces to zoom up an extra little table mat.  I'll stitch down this binding during TV tonight.  This means that I now have an EMPTY project tub … maybe I'll start something completely new!

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So. Many. Stars.

Top finished, and tomorrow I'll make a back.  

Then onward to quilting and finishing!

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Thursday

In the past week I've enjoyed receiving comments here from some *new* friends.  Unfortunately, several of the comments have come through to me as "No reply."  If I haven't acknowledged your comment yet, it's because I'm not able to.  Please feel free to email me directly at jeannearnieri@yahoo.com
so we can get acquainted and chitchat :)

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I'm still working along on my Christmas Stars project, and the top continues to grow.  (For comparison, last month HERE.)  The remaining stars are all pieced, and I have one more section, 20" x 90", to assemble and add, and then borders.  I'm still planning to have this quilt done for the holiday season.

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Oh My Stars!

Next up in my cavalcade of UFOs will be 

this Christmas quilt, Oh My Stars! 

I pulled out the project box this morning and was pleasantly surprised to discover that in addition to this already-assembled section, I have at least two dozen more stars are already pieced.  I last worked on this during the summer of 2017, and didn't remember having so much sewn.  I knew I'd cut it all at that time, but apparently I'd spent more effort on it than I realized before putting it away. (!!)  Ha, so only a hundred-plus more star blocks to go, and then assembly and finishing.

The original inspiration has been in my idea file since maybe 2012 or so, as a sew-along called "Oh My Stars!"  Maybe this will be its year :)

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Strawberry Patches and Linda P … I'd be delighted if you'd email me directly.  I can't reply to either of you.

jeannearnieri@yahoo.com

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Stars

I haven't worked on this for quite a while -- another section of my mid-century modern stars pieced and assembled today! 

I need to think of a clever name for this project.

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Stars

I'm starting to see some progress with my Holiday Stars project.  This will be assembled in ten sections, and here are the first two.  I'm really enjoying the retro feel of these fabrics!

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Merry!

I had time to work on a few more holiday stars today.

I'm getting a mid-century-modern vibe

from the fabrics, something like this illustration.

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Christmas in July

Last month I worked on a list of "On My Radar" projects, and  today I started cutting for one of them.

Negotiations are under way for some of our out-of-state family to come out here and spend Christmas in the mountains this year.  I'm not entirely sure that this will actually happen -- it involves inlaws and an extended family circle and lots of schedule coordinating. 

But I can hope ...

So it would be nice to give each of the visiting families a Christmas quilt as a gift -- to use while they're here, and to take home as a remembrance.  I've decided to *think positive* about the possibility of holiday guests and get started with one of the gift quilts.

Here's the first one, varied-size stars on a red background.  I've chosen contemporary style prints and I think it will be fun.

(Inspiration picture from Pinterest)

Hopefully by the time I get this one done, some decision will have been reached by our possible holiday visitors, and I can work on to the next ones!

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