Communion Quilt Progress

Some progress has been made on the Communion Quilt! I added a brown border, made the backing, basted it, and started quilting.

 

So far, I quilted the yellow sections. I did loop-de-loops in the yellow sashing around each of the squares, and then a free motion meandering in the yellow around 2015. 

Next task: I need to decide how to quilt the brown cross and border. 

Lucky Stars 11 & 12

I finished these two beauties, but never posted about them.

Here are Lucky Stars 11 and 12:

I have plans to make 4 more!

Communion Quilt

A longstanding tradition at our church is for the second graders to make quilt squares to commemorate their First Holy Communion. The finished quilts hang in our church hallway near the CCD classrooms. This year, I volunteered to make the quilt, and I'm so happy I get to help continue a tradition from my own childhood. 

Here is Leah's quilt square:

It is 6" finished, so the letters are really tiny and started to fray as I stitched around them. Luckily it is only really obvious up close, and it is secure enough that I'm not worried about it. 

Here is the progress on the whole quilt so far:

I still need to add a thin brown border all the way around. Then I can make the backing, baste, quilt, and bind. 

Lucky Star #10!!

Today I made my tenth (!) Lucky Star. It was the November 2014 one, by far the most complex one I've made so far, and I am so happy with how it turned out. I definitely think it's my best one yet!

My fabric selections:

16 sections... All of the other stars I've made so far have had 4 or 8 sections coming together in the center of the block. 

Eight...

Four...

Two...

And done! I love this one!!

Definitely my favorite star so far! 😍

Star #9

I can't believe I made three stars in one weekend! This one was definitely the most complicated because it was the first one I made with 16 pieces meeting in the middle instead of 4 or 8. It was a bulky spot in the middle but I ironed and starched the crap out of it until it cooperated. 

Sixteen sections:

Eight:

Four:

And done!

All nine so far...

Star #8

I am on a roll this weekend...I woke up before the kids this morning and finished another star!

Fabric selections:

Ready to start cutting:

Sewing it together:

Yay!!

All 8 stars so far...

Star #7!

The Lucky Stars Block of the Month subscription has been such a great experience. Today I finished my 7th star, which is actually from June of last year. I'm just picking the ones that I feel like making rather than doing them in order. I plan to make as many as I can before my purple and gray fabric runs out. 

Here's the fabric for this star: 

Four quadrants:

And the finished star:

Here's my collage...

...and finally, a very poorly lit photo of all 7 stars so far, along with some Christmas scraps placed by my tiny little helper!

I have the templates printed for star #8, so maybe I will get another one finished tomorrow! Here's hoping!