Two Finishes - At Last!

 I have been quietly sewing on two projects for some time.  I finally finished sewing the binding on the last one yesterday, and this morning, I was finally able to take pictures of both finished quilts!

I finished my Hunters Star quilt, the Quiltville version with string pieced blocks. I knew that this would be time consuming, but it was fun finding all the reds and neutrals to make this quilt.  I had planned to make it last winter, while down south, but my quilting group requested help with various other projects, so I brought all of the fabric back home last March.  It sat in a project bag, for a very long time, until I just had to get it started.  

Working on this was a trip down memory lane, thinking about all the other projects that I had done over the years, to create so many leftover scraps and strips!  

I quilted with simple "stitch in the ditch" around all the square units, then diagonal lines through the stars, and outlining all the star points.  The large 4 patches created by string blocks, received straight line serpentine stitches, beginning in one corner and continuing to fill each large square.  I also used Electric Quilt to draw my quilt, and used it to calculate how much fabric I used!

 Pattern is found here https://quiltville.com/shop.html#!/Digital-Patterns/c/13038426

During the same time as I was working on this project, my guild shared some Block of the Month blocks to make, during the past three months.  January was "Card Tricks", February was "Garden Path" and March was "Spring Twist".  When I made the January blocks, I found some squares of fabric that I had cut and set aside for an "I Spy" type of quilt, so I used four different fabrics in each block, and made 10 different ones.  When February rolled around, I decided to continue the theme, and used a different "I Spy" fabric in the center of the Garden Path blocks.  The Spring Twist blocks were made with two different focal fabrics in each, and I stopped at 5 blocks.

To make the quilt a bit larger, I added a strip of four different fabrics as sashing between the rows.  I finished off with a striped fabric for binding.  This will be a cuddle quilt for my two grandchildren, and I'm sure it will receive lots of use, as they both love to snuggle in a quilt, sleep under one, play on one, etc.

My family knows that quilts are to be used, not stored for posterity.  I can always make them another one or two!