The blog hop starts Monday, September 20. It’s being hosted by Joan from MooseStash Quilting.
Here’s the list of today’s participants, including me!
Monday September 20
When Joan announced the hop and I thought of jumping in, I thought fall, falling, falling for you…..it would be such an easy theme! So many choices to pick from!
The first thing I did was look for fall fabrics in my stash. It’s not hard with our leaves changing colours to find inspiration in colours.
Then a squirrel started working on me with an idea that just wouldn’t go away. So a DrEAMI had come to be!
I had been having fun in the past couple of months playing with this pattern:
I had made two different versions of the quilt just because I love stars and this pattern was so much fun.
But then I thought “what if I made it with fall fabrics?”
So here is version #3 of Let Your Star Shine:
Now this was the first part of my DrEAMI project. I wanted a new table topper for my table, but as importantly, I wanted the cutoffs from making the star points to use with the leftover blocks from a recent pattern test. My table topper is in the bin to go to the studio to quilt and I’ll be using it before this month ends.
Since the beginning of the pandemic I’ve made it my goal to work from my stash, use up scraps and only purchase when I absolutely had to.
This has kept me busy making quilts for Victims of the horrific wildfires we have been seeing, quilts for friends who contracted Covid and now a good friend who needs a lap quilt (and I sent the original one I had made to the Quilts for Lytton Drive), since he is now confined to a wheelchair. Our friend is a true Shining Star. He is always helping people and gives generously of his time and money when some one needs it. He loves to say he is always falling for the stories someone tells of a need they have. So this is my I’m Falling For You project using leftover bits and orphan blocks.
This just needs a slim border but I’m checking to see which of my fabric is large enough to back and bind the quilt. Then I will decide on the border and it will be quilted and bound once our elections are over and I can plan a trip to the studio to spend some quality time with my longarm.
I’d like to thank Joan for hosting another great hop, my friend who gave me the inspiration for my project, Sandra Walker for writing such a fun pattern, and you, for spending some time reading my post.
I’ll just remind you that all of the bloggers (including me😉) love to read the comments you post on our blogs and the time you spend checking out other posts. The biggest compliment you can give is to follow the blogs when you enjoy what you see and read! So thanks for stopping by! I do hope you are having fun fondling, cutting and playing with fabric on these lovely fall days! Please accept my apologies for not answering your comments right away, but while you are reading this I am working as a Central Poll Supervisor and am at the polling station from 6:00 am until at least 8:00 pm or whenever the count is finishing for my 5 polling desks. I’ll reply to your comments likely tomorrow after a bit of sleep!
😉 Carol
Quilt Schmilt 
Great autumn inspired quilts.
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Thank you very much Anorina 😄
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What a lovely pattern. All of the quilts are beautiful. I “try” to use my stash but it is so hard sometimes! I am also currently challenging myself to use my mountain of orphan quilt blocks too!
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I love all the versions, Carol! Looks like a fun pattern.Unfortunately, I’m not very good at working in my stash! LOL
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Thank you Brenda. It is such a fun pattern! Working from my stash is easier when I know my favourite LQS is 2 hours drive before I get to fondle fabric! 😉
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You have fallen hard for “Let your Star Shine” and executed 3 beauties of it too. I am with you on the stash busting during covid and have found a new interest in shopping my stash at home. Who knew I had so much! LOL!!!!
Your a rock star for sharing your talents with so many in need and I know each and every one appreciates it so much.
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Thank you Joan. My stash cupboard is only 2 1/2’ x 4 1/2” tall so I’m amazed at how much fabric is in there! 😄
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Hi Carol! Aww, what a sweet blog post and a fabulous quilt top. I knew or suspected you were making a version of Let Your Star Shine in Fall-ish colors but the wonderful story behind the quilt makes it all the better to share. Of course, I think the pattern and fabrics you chose are fab! I am 100% certain that your friend will love this and thank you for your sincere thoughtfulness. {{Hugs}} What a great way to start off the hop! ~smile~ Roseanne
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Thank you so much Roseanne. Oh oh! Am I that predictable? Better change up my patterns 😄 It is fun to be able to make a special gift for a very dear friend.
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Beautiful quilt thanks so much for sharing!
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Thank you Karrin. 😊
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This is a beautiful star and each of the fabrics give it a totally different feel. I love your fall star! I always think I’m going to use stash only, but I fail miserably at it…you’re very inspiring with how you use your stash. Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you for your sweet comment. I think Sandra hit the ball out of the park with this wonderful pattern. The trick to being able to use up my stash is living where I have to drive 2 hours to get to my favourite LQS I think! 😉
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Love your fall “Let your Light Shine” and the table runner! That was a brilliant way to use up those triangles!
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Thank you Gail. I can’t believe how hooked I am to Sandra’s pattern. This version of “Let Your Star Shine” fits my round dining table perfectly. 😄
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What a lovely quilt. Falling for you…wonderful.
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Thank you so much 😊
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Such pretty quilts! And great that you are working from your stash! xx
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Thank you Joy 😊
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Beautiful quilts! I love those stars and the colors you chose to use! Those blocks from your pattern-testing really worked well!
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Thank you Carol. The Let Your Star Shine pattern is so addicting and versatile and it is always fun to use orphan bits and scraps in another project!
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The Fall version came out great!
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Thank you Elizabeth. It’s such a fun pattern 😉
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What a neat quilt. I had to go check out Sandra’s shop on Etsy too. Love the fabrics you used.
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Hi Colette. It’s such a fun quilt to make and works for table toppers, baby quilts, wall hangings and can easily be enlarged. I just love it to use those special little pieces of fabric. 😄
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Lovely fabric selections for your new quilt for Autumn, Carol!!
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Thank you so much. It’s always fun to see if my little stash cupboard can provide me with the perfect fabrics for a project. 😉
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Well, finally I’m here. I saw you’d made a THIRD one (fist pumping and doing a happy dance here), but haven’t had a chance to get around to many blogs since I’ve been busy updating another older pattern. 🙂 I just love what you’ve done with all of them, and I, too, am needing to figure out what to do with the cut-offs as I hate waste. Thank you for promoting my pattern and shop!
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Hi Sandra. I think I’m addicted to this pattern. I keep finding just the right sized piece of favourite fabrics for the star points and next thing I know, I’m making another one! It’s easy to promote a well written, fun to make pattern. 😉
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Great job on the quilt from Sandra’s pattern. I do love all the versions I have seen and definitely need to add this to my scrap busting list!
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