It's a Flimsy! Out of the Blue

 It's a flimsy! It's a quilt top! 

Out of the Blue

83 x 90

 It is a Quiltfolk pattern inspired by a vintage quilt.  The traditional block name is Smoothing Iron or Road to Florida. 

I used blue tone on tones (TOTs) for the triangles and warm TOTs for the stars. When I mentioned in a blog post that I wasn't sure I had enough blue TOTs to complete the quilt top a box of blue scraps arrived out of the blue from a kind and generous quilty friend. What a wonderful surprise that was!  

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Out of the Blue

 I've been making these blocks using blues for the triangle sides and warm colors for the points that form a star.  Last time I posted about these blocks I wasn't sure if I had enough blues to make 128 blocks.  Well, out of the blue I received a box in the mail from a quilty friend with blue fabric bits and pieces. 

Thank you, quilty friend! 

That was enough for 39 blocks. I now have a total of 67 blocks toward my goal of 128. 

I'll get by with a little help from my friend. 

You made my day and you've helped make my quilt!

And I've been looking for a name for this quilt.  The pattern calls it Minnie's Stars since it was inspired by a quilt made by a lady named Minnie.  I'm calling my quilt "Out of the Blue". 

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