After moving, I realized that I had way more fabric than someone who tends to move a lot should have. In fact, most of it is still sitting in boxes against the wall, as I have less space to spread out my projects now. And I'd been thinking about making a quilt for a while anyways...So, I found a couple large pieces of fabric that worked together (grasshopper&pink pattern, the green, and the green flannel), then snatched an old pilly blanket from the linen closet at my parents (it was always kind of itchy and a little uncomfortable, and since I upgraded to a full-size bed, I've had ZERO use for it), and an old light green twin sheet for the backing.
I designed an 8-pointed star pattern for the front of the blanket, primarily utilizing the grasshopper pattern and the plain green cotton quilting fabric for the triangles, and using some spare muslin for the star in the center. Due to my faulty measuring (the triangles should have been about another .5" in each direction...) the top piece ended up being a little smaller than I had planned, and so I had to arrange for some extra edging around the outside. I found some green flannel that I had purchased a couple years ago for a project that never materialized, and put it to work!
Then I used cream colored yarn to tie all three layers together at the corners of the triangles, and trimmed all the edges to be about the same, trimming the center piece about .5" more. I turned the edges in around the center piece, and sewed through all thicknesses to create a finished edge.
It was lots of fun! I think it's one of my best-looking quilts yet. I'm still working out some kinks (edging, measuring, pattern complexity), but I think I'm doing alright considering I learned the vast majority of what I know about quilting through reading and doing. However, the name of the game was to get rid of fabric... so I'm looking for a good home for this twin-sized quilt.
