Spiky Stars and Simple Houses

Welcome to Treadlestitches, a blend of old and new.  

It's a snowy day today, but the plows are out, even in our neighborhood, so we're not exactly snowed in.  I'm thinking warm thoughts of rainbows--specifically the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I love the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!

If you've been here before, you may have seen these spiky stars.  They were one of my quilts for the RSC last year.  As I made the blocks each month, I layered and quilted them.  Once I made the last blocks, I was ready to start on putting them together.

The whole project suffered from what I call back-burneritis, meaning I kept putting it on the back burner while I worked on something else.  This week I moved it to the front burner, and finally Got It Done.

Above you can see how I quilted the borders.  I often use Golden Threads paper to mark the border quilting design, but when I ran out of it, I remembered I had a roll of this in the basement.

  It's called Borders Made Easy.  (Click HERE to go to their web site.) I have had it for MANY years, and I wasn't sure how it would work.  There were peel and stick strips on the back to stick it to the quilt, and the glue actually hadn't dried out while being stored.

Here it is, stuck to the border.  The pile of paper is the peel part of peel and stick.  Once it's on the quilt, you just sew right through the paper.  This makes it very easy to see the lines.  However, it is NOT fun ripping this paper off.  I definitely should have sewn with smaller stitches.  And I'm going to have to get out the vacuum cleaner to get up all the little pieces of paper.

Here's the whole quilt, laid out flat.
So, that's one done from 2019.
What about 2020?

I've got 3 projects going for the 2020 RSC, and this is the third one--simple house blocks in 1930s fabrics.

I'm using both repro prints and vintage prints/feed sacks.

The pattern is fun and easy, and comes from this magazine, still (I think) available in stores.

The pattern quilt is called Home Made, is made from flannel, and has some upside down houses.

I don't think I'll be turning my houses upside down, but we'll see.  A topsy turvy house would just about describe my lifestyle!
I can't thank Angela enough for guiding us through the colors each month, and hosting a linky party for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  It is so much fun using up scraps to make quilts.  You can come, too, you know.  It's never too late to join!
Linking up with
Angela at So Scrappy
Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday
Cynthia at Oh Scrap