Block Studies Collective | Star Bright

Another month, another challenge and bit of color exploration with Block Studies Collective and Tara Faughnan @tarafaughnan. The theme, Star Brite, was basically a chance to master y-seams. There were all sorts of star variations we could try, and I decided to go for the scrappy string piecing option.

I worked from stash this month, pulling solids as close as I could to Tara's selection, saving my favorite for the background. Thanks to two zoom meetings on the same day, I was able to completely piece my star. I sent a picture to my daughter Rachel @snippetsofsweetness, who thought it looked very springy, and perfect for a gift bag. Lightbulb! Jeni @incolororder had just posted a lined drawstring gift bag pattern for leftover 12.5" quilt blocks. Well my block wasn't actually leftover, but I still thought it sounded perfect to use this block to try Jeni's new bag variation.

My block was just 11", but it was easy to adjust the pattern to suit my block. I just made the accent 4.5" rather than 5" wide; thus the lining was cut 11" x 15".

So it may have taken me over four hours to piece that multi-colored star, but it only took about 30 to sew it into a bag. Can't beat that. I got to try out the y-seam challenge, and still have a finished project in record time.