Round Robin #3: Stars

Welcome to the halfway point of the Stay at Home Round Robin!  Today we turn to our fearless leader, Gail of Quilting Gail, to she what she says to add to our quilts.  Gail chose Stars!

 

I'm doing 12" blocks, so stars gave me a whole lot of options!  Since I chose a fairly complicated star block as my center, I picked fairly straightforward and common stars for my 2 star blocks: Ohio Star and LeMoyne Star.  I cut both of these (and in fact most of this quilt) with my Accuquilt.

 

 

Truth be told, I originally planned the LeMoyne Star for Anja's half square triangle round last week, since I use HSTs to make the classic 8-point LeMoyne block.  But as I started narrowing my blocks from possible to actually making them, the LeMoyne Star ended up fitting better with the star blocks.  

 

Here's how my quilt looks at the halfway point:

 

Head on over to link up with Gail this week if you are sewing along.  Remember, every week that you link up earns you one entry into prize drawings at the end.  Get behind? No problem!  Link up when you are able to catch up.  We know that life can interfere with sewing sometimes.

 

I hope you love sewing up stars this week!  Here is the complete Stay at Home Round Robin schedule:

• January 13th: Center: Gail @ Quilting Gail
• January 20th: 1^st Round: King's Crown block or inspired by your first initial  Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
• January 27th: 2^nd Round: Half Square Triangles   Anja @ Anja Quilts
• February 3rd: 3rd Round: Stars Gail @ Quilting Gail
• February 10th: 4^th Round:   Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
• February 17th:5^th Round: Brenda @ Songbird Designs
• February 24th: 6th Round: Me!
• March 24th: Finish Parade: Gail @ Quilting Gail