Following the Beothuk Star

My Beothuk Star is shining bright today. 

The Beothuk Star QAL @ mmm! Quillts

My Beothuk Star QAL Began Here

with this lovely 

Seaglass Fabric by Nancy Rink Designs

I played around with the fat quarters and yardage I had 

until I came up with this plan for Version 3.

My first block was completed here.

I  played with the fabric and the layout because I wanted to 

use a square of the sea glass shards on white in the center on my stars.

It also required me to sew the quilt into three sections:

 a top section and bottom section

and a center strip. 

When I studied the layout above I decided to add some of the white

 to frame the dark blue center .

I achieved this by sewing sew and flip squares to the blue background corners,

giving this a "star in a square" look.

I really like the focal point this adds to the center of the quilt.

I also decided to "float" the stars by adding an inner border strip 

of the white glass shard fabric.

When I added the outer border, I added star points

with sew and flip corners to the blue background strips.

I am really happy with how this quilt top looks!

I am linking up my completed to the

Linky Party @ mmm! Quilts

There are some very inspiring finishes in the links.

Thank you, Sandra @ mmm! Quilts

for this wonderful pattern and quilt along! 

One QAL Done ~ One QAL Begun

My
Beothuk Star QAL 
quilt top is done!

I will be posting more photos of this quilt soon.

I have a lot of extra Seaglass Fabrics

Just in time to use the extra fabrics I have for the

Moda Bake Shop At the Seashore 

Salt Water Taffy Quilt

I will just have to get more of the blue shades background fabric.

Have you see this summer sewing fun?

There are many beautiful setting to chose from!

I have a lot of beach themed fabrics waiting for me to dig them out of the sand
in my quilty closet cabana.

I may have to make more than one quilt At The Seashore this summer.

:-) 

Saturday Sewing ~ Seaglass

This morning these lovely green and blue pieces of my sea glass fabrics
for my

Beothuk Star QAL Quilt

were all over my cutting table.

I briefly considered putting these away for another day 

and'sewing scraps for my usual scrappy Saturday.

I briefly considered going into my quilting room to quilt.

Then I went outside where the sun was shining and did not get back to 

making my quilty decision until after dark.

It was a lovely day outside and we did yard work,

ran errands, lunched out and just sat and enjoyed the yard as much as possible.

Here is Block 2 

This evening I just picked up the sea glass pieces and pieced out.

Because I opted not to cut the centers of my star,

I am devising my own construction method.

I discovered I needed to do this after I sewed 

Block 1

So my seam ripper and I had a fun time taking off the bottom row of this block 

and sewing it into the center strip instead.

Here is one side  of my quilt and the center strip.

The last two corners should go together quickly now.

I am actually ahead on this quiltalong.

My top will be together soon. 

Perhaps tomorrow ~ perhaps not.

I am feeling the pull of the tides as I sew these blocks.

Maybe it might be a good weekend to answer the call of the sea

and take a walk on the sand and look for real beach glass and eat seafood on a dock.

That is something we have done many a Memorial Day Weekend.

May you enjoy your long weekend, too. 

Beothuk Star QAL ~ All In A Day's Work

My morning started like this.

These are the fabrics I chose to use for a quiltalong I wanted to do

that has been happening along without me.

Beothuk Star QAL @ mmm! Quilts

There are some beautiful quilts in progress in the links!

I have been feeling a bit down lately about letting my quilty plans go sideaways.

like the Trinket QAL   which I kept up with so well in the beginning, 

then got sick, then got back on track,  then let slip away from me 

when I made the decision to buy my dream machine, my HQ Amara 20 . 

Then I had to completely mess up 

and reorganize my house and my quilting life.

Now all of this is a good thing and a wonderful adventure.

It does mean though that I am still readjusting to my new quilty life.

I am still finding my way as I go along.

Trying to do all I had planned and more.

I am enjoying this process.

I just wanted to sew this quilt.

This quilty plan started Here

with these beautiful seaglass fabrics

I chose this version of the design.

There is a linky party this week for the first blocks 

and I had not even sewn the last installment, the HSTs.

Today I was at the quilty crossroad of deciding,

"Am I going to sew along of this or not?"

I decided to cut and sew! 

3:30pm when my hubby was leaving for work,

I was here when he said goodbye.

I opted to use Triangles on a Roll for this project.

These are the 3" Finished Sized Triangles on a Roll

The process is easy sewing along the lines.

I use a 90/14 needle, my heavy duty foot and reduce my stitch length to 1.8
to make removing the papers easier.

Then trimming the sides of the paper and cutting into triangles.

This is my pile of triangles and my trimmings.

Peeling off the papers.
I do not mine this part.
Much better than drawing lines for me.

Pressed and ready to just trim off the dog ears with my snips.

6:00pm and I had all the HSTs needed for my quilt!

So I went from my start of day with my morning cup of coffee

to this .. and ready to sew my first blocks.

I am feeling quite good about my progress

and I even spent time with my hubby, 

made lunch, did some housework

and sat outside to enjoy the breezy spring day for awhile. 

Now I have to make another decision:

Star Center A ~ the light sea glass shards fabric,

which is a variation from the original design.

or

Star Center B ~ background fabric in the star centers,

as shown in the layout version above.

My blue grunge background fabric looks too washed out in this photo.
Not sure why. Actual color in earlier photo.

Which would you chose?

I even have a few hours left in the evening to decide and to start piecing the blocks.

Linking up today with the quilt is progress,

and happy to have something to show.

Tomorrow a roofing crew arrives at 7:00am to replace the roof over our heads.

Tomorrow morning  they will find me 

outside under the canopy on the deck with my morning cup of coffee.

a book and a hand stitching project.

Update:

Block 1 Done ~ Posted Here

Have a happy quilty evening ... :-) 

More Quiltalong Fun ~Seaglass Beothuk Star

I am joining this quiltalong fun ...

Beothuk Star Quiltalong

This fabric is

Seaglass by Nancy Rink for Marcus Studio 37 Fabrics

I found this fabric in the most unusual quilt shop

Following The Quilting Bee

... which is a quilt shop on wheels!

This was a vendor parked outside the
Hannah Dustin Quilt Guild Show
As always, we enjoyed the show.
Pretty quilts!

These are the goodies I found
which came in a handmade reusable T-shirt bag!
I love it!

Version 3 of
 Beothuk Star Quilt Fabric Requirements
calls for 6 fat quarters and a background fabric
and these are the ones I am thinking to choose.

I like all of these so much though,
I may tinker with the fabric placement
to use all eight of these fat quarters.

While I am deciding I am will cut the background  ...

This soft blue grunge type fabric is from

Shades by Riley Blake Designs

The color is "Dream" which is shades of denim blues.

Are you sewing along?