It's a Finish! Star Chain

Star Chain

56 x 70

It's a Finish! 

This time of year I do a little machine quilting and take a break from that to do a little gardening and then take a break from that to do a little machine quilting and...(you get the picture). 

 I think half of these 14 inch blocks were 2014 Block Lotto winnings.  I made the other half. 

I quilted it on my DSM with horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. I'm not going to say "straight lines" because a lot of them are definitely not straight. 

I pieced together leftover batting, used fabric from stash for backing and made a scrappy green binding from scraps in the chunky scrap crate. 

This is in my donation/gift stash now waiting for the perfect recipient. 

This was my goal #8

for

Q2 Finish-Along

Moving it Forward Monday at Em's Scrapbag

It's a Flimsy: Star Chain

Star Chain

56 x 70

Star Chain was the March 2014 Block Lotto block of the month.  I won most of these. I guess the pile was waiting for me to make a couple more blocks.  Unfortunately two ladies, mother and daughter,  didn't send me blocks like they were supposed to.  That has been the only time I've ever known in all my years with Block Lotto that ladies did not follow through and send blocks.  Some folks are just like that, I guess.   But I can't look a gift horse in the mouth. The blocks I did receive are lovely - even the one that had part of the chain going in the wrong direction.  It was an easy fix.