WIP Wednesday and Dreams

Hi there!  I just wanted to give everyone a quick Thank You for all the lovely comments and support for my Love Squared Quilt! I appreciate all of you and have thoroughly enjoyed reading all your favorite color combinations! You still have time to enter to win the fat quarter bundle! Go here to enter!

I came across this quote the other day and fell in love with it.  I am a dreamer.  I stay up at night and simply dream up ideas.  Lots of ideas.  They are never ending, and usually keep me up at night.   I have had a specific dream for a very long time, and I can now say I am making this dream come true! I am scared, anxious, excited, nervous, thrilled, joyful, and hopeful.  This quote says is quite perfectly.  I have been gathering up all my dreams and finally living the life I love.

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Now that I'm off my inspiration soapbox, let's move onto what I have been working on this week. You would think I would be sick of this quilt by now, but the truth is I just fall more in love with this quilt as it comes together.

I finally finished sewing all the blocks together.  I decided to NOT do sashing after all.  I liked the secondary patterns that come out from not doing the sashing.   

I have said this time and again, but I just love these fabrics.  The bright pinks, oranges, yellows, and green just pop against the neutral grey.  It is very scrappy, but I kind of love that about it.  

I just have to add a border on.  I just received the fabric in the mail yesterday and will attach the border this weekend.  Then I can start with the quilting process! 

This quilt has been a long time in the making and I am ready to finish it!


Talk to you soon,

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Sashing Opinions

 I finally completed my last star yesterday. 

Twenty stars.

I didn't think it would take me that long to get all these blocks done, but I really just worked on it a little here and a little there.  I found it kind of relaxing to work on these stars.  It was kind of like mindless sewing for me.  Whenever I was stuck on another project, or just needed to sew to get my creative juices flowing, I would get one or two of these stars out and sew them together.   

So here they are all out on my design wall.  These are very scrappy, and I'm kind of in love with how this is coming together.  But I really wanted opinions on if I should use sashing or not.  

No sashing:

176 Half Square Triangles....

I had a really productive weekend!  I was able to work on the blog, work on unfinished projects, and just hang out and relax with the family.  I love weekends like that!  

Sunday, I was reorganizing all of the projects I have in progress and pulled this one out. 

I stopped working on these little beauties a couple of weeks ago.  I have 9 of 20 stars done. 

Sunday, I worked on them for about three hours. 

I got all of the squares sewn together:

Cut into half-square triangles:

And finally, pressed. 

Each star is now in it's own little bag ready to be sewn...

...and that makes me happy

I honestly can't get enough of this fabric! I LOVE the vibrancy and fun floral patterns in each fabric.  I have quite a bit leftover, so I am really debating if I want to use it for a whole new project.  Or use the leftovers for the backing, borders, or binding....

hmm...

such hard decisions...

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Anything Goes by Stitch by Stitch

Show and Tell Tuesday by Fresh Squeezed Fabrics

Fabric Tuesday by A Quilt Story

Tuesday by Free Motion by the River

Wip Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Wow Me Wednesday at Polkadots on Parade

Whimsy Wednesday at The NY Melrose Family

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Cottage

We Did It Wednesday! at Sew Much Ado

Really Random Thursday by Live a Colorful Life

Needle and Thread Thursday by My Quilt Infatuation

Thursday Threads by 627Handworks

I Quilt by Pretty Bobbins

Link Party Palooza at Today's Creative Blog