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Kaleidoscope of Stars Quilt

This quilt top was a fun one to make. I saw it on Pinterest and I found the pattern on ETSY. It was created by Kate Henderson. Her ETSY shop is Kate Henderson Quilts, and she lives in Australia.   

The fabric that I used for the quilt is a Moda fabric purchased at the Virginia Highlands Quilt Shop in Abingdon, Virginia. Kim is the owner of the shop, and she will actually be doing the long-arm quilting for this quilt. I hope to enter it in the Washington County Fair. It just looks like a county fair quilt. I am not entering it because it will win. I just want to show it off!

The fabric was called Story Time Fabric by American Jane, and I had the white background fabric from another project. The print fabric used a layer cake plus a charm pack.

I’m bordering the fabric next week and taking it to Kim. I like these big block quilts that do not require a lot of time, although I will admit to having the “stars” turned in the wrong direction several times. I’d post on Facebook, and people would tell me which stars were turned wrong. I could not see them!!! Had it not been for figuring out that others could find my mistakes more quickly than I could on my own, I’m certain this quilt would have stars pointed in the wrong direction.

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The New Normal April 14, 2020

While it’s fun to make humorous comments about the days drifting during this time of staying at home, I don’t really want to not know what day it is or wear pajamas all day. I DO drift some days, but I don’t want to do that very often. It’s better for me to get up, shower, put on some makeup and start the day. It’s also good if I have a small goal that is accomplished each day.

Today I got the groceries I meant to get yesterday but could not due to the flooding. I also hooked up with the long-arm quilting person who will be quilting my recent quilt. We practiced social distancing. We met at the K-Mart parking lot in Bristol (Now a U-Haul lot but I’ve not yet got used to calling it that). I hopped out of the car, handed her the quilts — I had my sister’s quilt as well — and left.

Here’s what Tippy Jo had to say about the whole thing. She’s a know it all.

Hope you are enjoying your day.

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