Moravian Star #2

Have been updating my 'maker's journal' with craft projects and cross-referencing with photos and blog posts - and have found a few projects from the past year or two that haven't been shared, so will get them here on record!  

This was my second Moravian Star, created in early December as a gift for a colleague.

It started like this...1" EPP diamond pieces...

And quickly became these...'star-flowers' x12...

And was then stitched together into the final 3D star shape...

using Xmas fabrics that have been in my stash for a while...

Thank you to Cheryl Katz-Rae for the design and process 

(I took her workshop at the NZ Quilt Symposium in October to 

create my first Moravian Star).

Starry Surprise

 This was a Donna Ward mystery quilt that I made in 2020 with a jelly roll kit that was purchased from Donna (she gives a range of colour options for her mystery projects)...I have had it lying on the spare bed and realised the other day that I haven't shared it yet (though I had taken photos of it)!

The twin-size quilt measures 60" x 64" and the backing is a cute woodland creatures print that was in my stash and had the perfect colours.

I used a simple wavy stitch on my sewing machine to quilt across the horizontal lines of the main body of the quilt; and thin side to side lines in the outer sashing/border.

It was nice to be using a dark solid for the background as something different for a change; the binding is an aqua tone-on-tone.

Sharing with Michelle's linky party - have a good week everyone!

Update: January 2022; gifted to great-nephew Alex Coyle.