Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars

Having the opportunity

to look up into a nighttime sky

away from city lights

is a beautiful experience.

Seeing all the stars in the Milky Way

puts things into perspective.

( photo from the internet)

You get lost in the beauty.

Stars have a univer-sal appeal,
even fabric stars.
 Pieced star blocks come in lots of
different styles and sizes.
There's a galaxy to choose from.

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Twinkle, twinkle, little stars.
 I wonder how many I've made so far.

One a day had been the goal.
But that has taken quite the toll.

A few stars here,
a few stars there,

the pile is small
but I don't care.

60 stars are twinkling bright
double that number

will make it just right.

 My star goal now has been reset,
the night time sky won't twinkle less.

 So rather than filling a big black hole
I've set some boundaries to keep control.

Twinkle, Twinkle little star
The end is really not so far.

Until Next Time-

Kyle

Proper Prepping= Perfect Piecing

 Everyone knows the adage 

"Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance"

This week has been all about prepping.

Getting parts of projects planned and assembled so that

 "Proper Prepping = Perfect Piecing.

There's usually a proper approach to 

tackling a task,

but sometimes it might seem daunting or

never ending.

I came up with a plan to 

devote one or two days to one project.

See what I could accomplish and
then move on to another one.

Notice I didn't use the words

complete or finish. 

That was not the plan.

I just needed to focus on 

some proper prepping.

A Star a Day:

This project has been hanging
over my head like a galaxy of stars
 far far away.

I spent some time prepping
 diamond shaped pieces
using a sand paper board and a
very fine lead to mark the hand stitching lines.

 Proper Prepping = Perfect Piecing

Little Wooly Baskets:

These adorable little wool baskets
were a free pattern from Dawn Heese-
of Linen Closet Designs.

 Soon you'll be able to order the
 pattern as a complete set.

I had collected the 12 designs and
finally traced,
cut,

 fused
and cut some more
and finally fused one more time.
You know the drill:


Proper Prepping=Perfect Piecing

Summer Scraps:

This quilt is from the Temecula Quilt Co.

 (image from Temecula Quilt Co. website)
Oh, what a wonderful way to use up scraps,
I thought.

And it will be,
 once I get all the cutting done.
I have been truly using my scraps that
have lingered in a huge garbage sack for years.

It looks like a giant white slug bulging  at the seams.
Not a very pleasant picture image.
Right?

But recently,
Rachael of Blue Mountain Daisy
 referred to her scraps as her
Happy Memory Bucket.
I love the name and image because
it really is made up of the scraps of past quilts
filled with memories.

There, doesn't that look and sound better.

Slowly I'm making progress,

cutting out the right number of pieces and
dwindling down the scraps.
The proper plan will be to
sew it as a Leaders and Enders project
throughout the fall.

There.

My very proper prepping
will certainly equal
very perfect piecing.
I'll keep you posted.

Until Next Time-
Kyle