Monday, April 20, 2026

String Star Finish

It's a finish!
String Star
40 x 40


I started this in December 2025. Someone gave me the 12 gray floral half triangles. I decided to use them as half a string block and pulled strings from my string bin that were the colors in the gray florals.  I used a newspaper foundation.  I decided on a String Star layout. I made four all string blocks for the star center. Top was completed in January. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine with swirls of gray.

The back and binding. 

And now it is ready to give a child a hug. 

And sew on...

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The weather has been so weird this year and I'm behind in gardening tasks. I haven't even cleaned up my asparagus patch yet and noticed I had asparagus to harvest. In fact, some was already overgrown. I had aspragus for dinner the other night and again last night. 

I like it sprinkled with olive oil and kosher salt and then roasted in a 425 degree oven for 10 minutes. Tonight with the leftovers I think I will make an asparagus fritatta.  Since hubby gets his food, a formula via G-tube, and since I don't like asparagus frozen or canned it looks like I will be giving away asparagus soon. I'm sure there is more out there for harvest today. 

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I finished a book! It is the first book in William Kent Kruger's Cork O'Connor Mystery series - Iron Lake. I started on the second book of the series. I think there are 20+ books in the series so I will continue to read whatever is available with the Kindle Unlimited subscription.  I enjoy WWII historical fiction but need to read something a little lighter for a while.  

1 comment:

Linda at Texas Quilt Gal said...

What a beautiful finish! The strings look great on that gray background. The backing is beautiful. Wow, that's a nice harvest of asparagus. I'm like you, I only like it fresh, but there's only so much you can eat by yourself!
Linda at rubymitch12@yahoo.com