Charm Stars, Sisters Choice, and Hard Choices

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!

A new quilt top is dancing in the breeze!  The pattern is Charm Stars and Four Patches, by Quilted Forest (click HERE for the Youtube video).  A little squirrel made me start this project a few weeks ago.

I was looking for a quilt to use up some of my charm squares, and this one really did the job.  Each star block uses 2 matching charm squares plus background rectangles cut from 2.5 in. strips.  The four patches use 4 charm squares each.  All told, I used 90 charm squares.  And I still can't quite get the lid on the box!

Each star is made from novelty prints.  I chose other fabrics for the four patches, prints like dots and plaids and stripes and a few florals.  The quilt measures 51.5 in. x 60 in. and will be donated to the Child Advocacy Center.

Here's one of the green blocks, with an adorable baby giraffe in the center.

More green blocks!  These Sisters Choice blocks are the last ones I'm making for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for May.  Yet another Green Bay Packers block.  I don't even like football.  It's just part of living in Wisconsin.

May has brought us lots of rain, as is usual here, but also lovely sunshine and the beginning of summer.  Buddy and Little Guy like to pose on the "picture bench" in the park.  They only have one more full day of school left before summer vacation.

Hubby and I went antiquing last weekend, and we discovered that many of the antique malls have changed, becoming more like thrift stores.  I was delighted to find more fun fabrics for kid quilts for excellent prices.

I'm trying to get some things done before I have more babysitting time with the boys.  Apricots were on sale, so I made a batch of jam.  I have several European recipes that use apricot jam, so now I'll have it on hand.

The basement cleanout of my fabric continues.  Lizzy keeps and eye on my progress from her perch on a pile of quilts.

 

This is my project for next week.

I have two bins and a bushel basket chock full of vintage scraps, from the 1920s through the 1960s.  The empty bin is for whatever I decide to keep.  And that's all!  The rest will go to the museum sale in a couple of weeks.  Hard choices are coming my way.  Wish me luck!

I wish you luck, too, in whatever you're working on.  Have a great week!

Cheers for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

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