In my effort to design a star quilt, I’ve been searching through fabric in my closet.  Here’s one container.  Much of the pieces are leftovers from the Gingko quilt.

I haven’t used solids since, and that was 2015.  I prefer prints, the more colorful and modern the better, but prints have no place in traditional Morning Star quilts.

Here’s the quilt kit I unpacked on Friday. It consists of a page of  detailed and confusing directions and eight star panels of printed interfacing.

I dug out another small container of 15+ year old Kaffe Fassett shot cottons and stripes.  That top piece of blue will be the center star.

It’s always great fun to pull out tons of fabric and see what will work for my latest project. This particular process took two weeks, but I think I have settled on my colors at last.

I have watched three different Youtube videos on how to use the printed interfacing and my 2 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ rectangles.  I’ve even–very cautiously–sewn one row.  I don’t feel confident about sewing down the second row, but I’ll watch another video, drink more coffee and tackle it.

Once I get the method down it should go quickly.

Famous last words?