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quilting · December 6, 2013

Honky Tonk Quilt

Like I’ve mentioned before, it’s great to have a job where you can sew at work.  The Honky Tonk line from Moda arrived and I volunteered to make a shop sample.

Honky Tonk

We decided on the Lucky Stars pattern by Atkinson Designs.  Years ago I made a quilt from this pattern and it turned out really nice.  I had forgotten though that the units are cut oversize and then the block is trimmed down after it’s sewn together.  My motto has always been “cut accurately, sew accurately and be done with it.”  I detest trimming blocks (or anything!) but it is necessary for this quilt in order for the block frames to fit.  So I sliced a little sliver off all four sides of these blocks.

Lucky Stars block

What REALLY bothers me is this pile of fabric that was wasted!!  This could have been several useful strips in my scrap bins.

Lucky Stars scraps

I didn’t have time to finish the top at work so I brought it home to finish this week.  It will be really cute when it’s finished!

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In: quilting · Tagged: Honky Tonk, Lucky Stars, piecing

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Comments

  1. Nancy Huffaker says

    December 6, 2013 at 7:36 am

    Rhonda,

    Love the colors for the quilt. How fun.

    I also made one of those quilts years ago, and had forgotten about all the trimming down. Sure was a cute quilt though.

    I agree that it is frustrating to have those little strips that are no longer useful. Although I have heard that there are some projects to be found online that use all those tiny bits. I think they maybe fuse them and then quilt them.

    It doesn’t sound like something that would appeal to me. There are many more fun things for my time than those types of projects.

    Have a great weekend and stay warm and dry.

    Nancy in SC

  2. Mary Pat says

    December 6, 2013 at 10:10 am

    You can always use the strips for ties……the quilt colors look great.

  3. Susan says

    December 7, 2013 at 10:36 am

    No doubt there’s a way to do the math and not have that trimming amount, but the quilt turns out so beautiful, that it didn’t really bother me at all. Save the trimmings to stuff dog pillows to donate to your local vet or pet store. =)

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