The course requirements were sent out with a picture which was so helpful as it let me pick my fabrics in advance - I ordered a delicious looking bundle of "Hot Spice" Kona Solids from The Fat Quarter Shop in the USA and their crazy fast shipping got my Friday evening order to me at 10am the following Monday!
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| Picture from Robert Kaufman.com |
The stars were really easy to put together and came out surprisingly accurately, the sashing would have been just as easy if I hadn't decided to make my life difficult. The design the tutor had used had the same fabric for all of the little sashing squares but I wanted them all different. It's totally do-able but it does mean laying everything out on the floor and being very, very careful to get all the colours in the right place - no chain piecing for me!
I've made all the stars and cut all the sashing pieces it's just a case of putting it all together - I managed to sneak a few hours in the evenings after work this week so I have the first two rows put together; hopefully I'll get a bit more done this weekend. I'm conscious that I have an awful habit of starting things and then ignoring them for several years before finally finishing them and I'm determined to get this one completed and hung on the wall. I'm not quite as good as Mum who had hers finished the day after the course but I shall claim she cheated by making it smaller ;p
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| That border is actually fairly straight in reality! |
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