Twinkle - A Modern Christmas Quilt

 

An Improv Christmas Star Block

Ho! Ho! Ho! 

Today is my day!

Thanks to Madame Santa Samm for getting us all in the holiday spirit by sponsoring this festive blog hop!

 

To find all the elves who have been busy, busy, busy
getting ready for Christmas,

visit our

Cheery Head Elf Carol 

Thanks, Carol!

For this blog hop I wanted to try something new. 
I saw a improv modern star block somewhere on a blog awhile back
and have been wanting to try it ever since. 

So my Twinkle Star Quilt is born!

 

 

Here are the gorgeous shimmery fabrics I am using for my new

Modern Christmas Star quilt!

 

 

I cut the silvery background fabric in sets of rectangles in three sizes:

3" x 5" ,  4" x 6" and 5" x 7"

 

I cut the corresponding strips for the stars in three widths,

1", 1.25" and 1.5"

 

 

I used my Easy Recs Tool to cut the corners.

I did not make any effort to cut these even sizes.
The idea is that the stars points will be uneven.

 

 

I laid out each improv star.

 

I sewed on the strips for the star shape.

 

 

 I sewed the rectangles together, pressed

and trimmed into rectangular blocks. 

The blocks are not all the same size. 

I squared the block by laying a straight line across the middle seam.

Here are some of my blocks in an improv layout.
The idea is that there will be a lot of "negative space" in this quilt
with the shimmery gray background fabric.

 

 

Butterfly is being very helpful and playful in my sewing room

by keeping me company, pressing my fabric

and helping me arrange ... and rearrange ... the pieces.

 

I am having fun playing with the pieces to this puzzle, too.
I have an idea of how I want my quilt to look, but I have not drawn it out on paper or computer like I usually do. 
For this quilt, I want to keep is easy and let it fall together as it will.

 

I do wish I had a little more at this time to show you.

Over two weeks ago I made this "test block."

For more "how-to's" on making this block, click Here.
This quilt should have gone together quickly and easily.
 

Unfortunately, this week I have had to take time away from my sewing room for an unexpected visit to an opthamologist. 

 

As many of my friends and regular readers may know, I have had vision problems all my life and for the past few years my eyes have taken a downward turn.  Recently my vision has become much worse, much faster than anticipated.  For the last month or two, I have tried to ignore the signs while I was focused on my daughter's wedding preparations, but the time has come to face facts. 

 

My regular eye doctor has been telling me the last few years that I would someday need surgery "sooner or later."

 

"Sooner" has arrived. The first of several eye surgeries is being scheduled three months from now, the earliest that can be accommodated by the surgeons.  Afterwards during recovery, I have been forewarned that it may be slower than is usual for this procedure, due to the other problems in my eyes.  Then I will initiate the process to repeat the procedure to have the second eye operated on.  Somewhere further down the road there will be more surgeries.  These surgeries are all efforts to prolong my vision.

 

I will be taking things each day as it comes.

 

I have faith that will keep me strong and going forward.

 

Sewing is my the best therapy for me right now and I will be in my sewing room as much as possible and hope to have more to show for my efforts soon.

  ... just keep sewing ... just keep sewing ...

 

Thank you for visiting my scrapatch.

 

I hope you have enjoyed my post and all of the

 

You will not want to miss a stop on this merry sleigh ride

so please visit all my quilting friends of the day

in the links below ...

 

August 9th
 

Moose Stash Quilting

Cathy’s Chatter

Darlington Delights

Life in the Scrapatch (you are here!)

Quilt n Queen

Forget-Me-Not Stitches

Quilted Delights

AnnieOak Designs

Sew Peace to Peace

Wips& Tuts

Just Keep Swimming

Sew We Quilt

Have a merry time counting down the days until Christmas!
 

 

Christmas will be joyous!

 

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