My Head's In the Stars

I cannot lie, I love me a star block and I've been wanting to try my hand at Modernly Morgan's Homespun with some leftover strips for quite some time. 

Now that the church quilters are back into the swing of things and beginning work on this year's Quilts for Survivors projects, I decided to give it a try.  Regrettably, I did that while a head cold was setting in so my little grey cells weren't firing on all cylinders and there seemed to be much more ripping than sewing, so I let things settle for 24 hours.

When I got back to it things went better. I was not very optimistic about the prospects for the final product given my rough start. But I was too stubborn to just toss it, and I'm happy that I didn't because it turned out surprisingly well. QFS prefers 16" blocks and this one fits the bill.

Well enough for me to try another one in pinks and yellows, this time with a low volume print for the background instead of my go-to Kona Snow. Again, I was very pleasantly surprised.

The last three photos are yellower than they are in reality (the colours are truest in the first photo) because of the lighting in my sewing cave, but you get the idea. 

Now that I seem to understand the pattern better I have gone ahead and cut coloured strips for three more blocks. This started out as a block project but depending on how industrious I get, it might become a flimsy. I'd need 12 blocks....M