This is where I started my day.
I sewed the stars into rows and...the stars are just a little longer.
I thought, 'well, I'll just cut a little off the sides and add a bit if sashing and I'll be good to go!' Famous last words. I cut and measured and cut and measured. guess what? yup! The stars were too long. So I was able to ease the first row on. The second one...I couldn't ease so much!
Oh no! So out came jack to take the second row of stars off. I then took one star off and into the orphan bin with it. I added spacers to get the row to size. Right about now, I'm a little worried about my math abilities...
hhhmmm, something looks off. I texted DD and she suggested changing the top row to the three stars, too. So this is what I did...lol I think she meant, 'remove the four star row, take off a star and then add spacers so it matches the other row'. Didn't happen, I was running out of the star background (or so I thought! I have found more).
Now, it's a little skinny and long. I added asymetical borders (top/bottom are a different size than the sides) and ended up here.
It is extremely wonky. As I told Diann and Joy, I feel like I am making lemonade out of lemons!
I feel like I need to look at this from a different angle. Perhaps make the star rows first and then work on the center section. This project has become my current squirrel!
2 comments:
A great QOV project! Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving comment. Meanwhile, I found your blog on Small Quilts and Doll Quilts (and actually a few others.)
All those bias edges on the center of the quilt would definitely cause me trouble! You have expended a lot of time and effort on this quilt. It looks good.
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