Scrappy Stars is a Finished Top

Hooray for a finish! If you came here three days ago you saw these same blocks laid out as a quilt but they were not yet sewn together.  Now they are.  It measures 35" x 43½".

Choosing the fabric for the alternate blocks was a quick decision.  Cutting and sewing those blocks went quickly, too--started and finished in three days.  (Don't bother to enlarge the photo because it will not have the clarity you hope for.)

This may not be the scrappiest quilt with the most different fabrics or small pieces I've made, but it is the scrappiest quilt with the most different pieces in a single block.  I counted 15 different fabrics in one block and others have more.  Just to be clear, I made this quilt but I followed the lead of an antique quilt when I chose and placed fabrics.  I participated in Repro QuiltLover Taryn's Scrappy StitchAlong a year or so ago.  I raided my fabrics to find ones as close to the fabrics in her original antique quilt as I could.  And boy, are these 6" blocks scrappy!

If I had been the original creator of this quilt I think I might have placed triangles a little differently.  So many of the stars seem out of balance.

These two are my favorite blocks. I think that's because of the clarity and simplicity.

I'm thinking this quilt should be a donation quilt.  Do you think any mom would want this for her baby?

I'd like to find someone who could layer and quilt it, then donate it.  Any readers who would be interested?  One of the reasons I'm not finishing it myself is that the fabric in the alternate squares is a little denser than regular cotton and makes hand quilting too hard for my hands.  The other reason for finding someone to take it is that I already have too many quilts that need quilted, and I'm a slow hand quilter.  So, if you might be interested please let me know in the comments.

I'm linking this post to Finished (or not!) Friday at Alycia Quilts.  Thank you for hosting, Alycia.

And remember those photos I thought I lost last weekend?  I found them, thanks to Katie.  This photo doesn't show the detail of snow on branches but still, isn't it a beautiful winter wonderland?

We are having frigid temperatures here in central Ohio, but spring will nudge out winter one of these days!  Next week looks like it will be in the 40s and 50s.  It will seem spring-like!

--Nancy.