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My Finish is a twin size wonky star quilt in beautiful batiks! Island Batik Ambassadors are given monthly challenges for projects to create with batik fabrics, and December's challenge is whimsical or wonky. I settled on wonky stars because I had the perfect 10" square stack and some coordinating yardage for the star centers, border and binding.
While wonky stars may look easy peasy, free from rules, I found that was not the case. I had to rip out many star points because when I folded them back they did not cover the white square underneath. My dimensional visual skills are apparently lacking, because I really struggled with this.
This could explain why I do not enjoy paper piecing; eyeballing whether a piece of fabric will cover the area it needs to is difficult for me even with folding it back and checking. I breathed a sigh of relief when the stars were done - fortunately there were only 12!
Twice a year Island Batik Ambassadors are provided a HUGE box of fabrics to play around with and make the monthly challenges. Some of the fabrics in this quilt were provided to me by Island Batik, and some I purchased myself.
Quilt Stats:
Pattern: Wonky Stars
Fabric: Island Batik Bursting Blooms
Size: 68" x 85", twin size
Batting: Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 cotton poly
Quilting: Stars and starburst flowers on Gratitude in white thread
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Hi Myra! What a beautiful quilt finish for today. I have never made a wonky star anything only because I am a bit OCD (some may say more than a bit) and the points not being even and equal would drive me nuts. I just love the quilting pattern you chose for this quilt! The whole thing is gorgeous. Happy Happy Friday to you. ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteI can't do wonky straps, I am just too symmetrical! Well, I am not very evenly shaped, but my mind can't do wonky. LOL!
ReplyDeleteChallenges are good for you! And I totally get the feeling of relief when it's finished. I love getting to that point. Great job on tackling the December challenge.
ReplyDeleteExactly my fear with this wondky project! I thought about stars, blocks, logs, hexies and can't make up my mind. Yours looks like you didn't struggle at all!
ReplyDeleteStunning!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great. Sorry you had trouble with the wonky part. I think I've only ever made one wonky star. Great bright colours.
ReplyDeleteMore beautiful work. Island Batiks are so rich and colorful. The wonky stars are really nice.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt turned out beautiful! I love wonky everything. I am working on a wonky stars and bars bed runner for my daughter. I posted a tutorial for the way I make my wonky stars. There are a couple tricks but once you figure them out the rest is fun. https://bit.ly/2BZfY7V
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