Tuesday, November 02, 2021

November UFO

The decision of which UFO to focus my energy on each month is always a challenge. You just never know which projects will suddenly start calling attention to themselves! That is certainly the case with this month's choice - Scrappy Maverick Stars.

Maverick Stars on the design wall

This was a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project that started in April 2014 and was inspired by Bonnie Hunter's scrappy pattern. I finished the quilt top in September 2019 when visiting my friend Deanna. 
Since then it has been waiting patiently to become a finished quilt. It's patience recently ran out and now it urgently wants to become a finished quilt!


The first steps are preparing a backing, cutting a piece of batting to the needed size, and then pin basting the 3 layers in preparation for machine quilting.

Here is the beginning of the basting the layers together using my favourite Kwik Klip tool which helps me fasten the pins closed.

Linking up to One Monthly Goal

14 comments:

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

can't go wrong with stars - I love them

The Cozy Quilter said...

I can see why this one called out to be finished!

Jeanna said...

This is a pretty RSC project. Good luck on your OMG goal to fully finish it. I'm sure you will have great success.

Dotti in CT said...

Sometimes you just have to answer the call. It will be a lovely finish, though I might think about a long arm quilter. Have fun

Jenny said...

Beautiful stars! I can just imagine their strident voices calling out "enough is enough, it's our turn now". Think how happy the pretty little stars are now you are giving them some loving attention.

The Joyful Quilter said...

SEW glad to see the Maverick (Stars) won out!! Mine have been patiently waiting, as well. Thanks for reminding me that I should make some more blocks to go with them, Kathy!

loulee said...

What a lovely UFO.
Have fun quilting it.

Janet O. said...

What a fun constellation!

Melisa- pinkernpunkinquilting said...

This is such a stunning quilt to be working on. Enjoy and happy quilting.

Deb A said...

Such a fun quilt to be working on this month! I'm happy it 'spoke' the loudest!

Vicki W said...

I like this quilt a lot. I've been looking around for a good scrap project to do next and this would be a very good one.

Barb said...

fun scrappy star quilt! love the colors sprinkled all around.
Also what a wonderful stitchery header for fall.

maggie fellow said...

I really like the mix of light and colored backgrounds - I have someof those stars somewhere....

Angela said...

Gorgeous! I do love a scrap quilt!