Bursting Star and a Giveaway!

If you've been around for a while, you may remember my Bursting Star/Starburst quilt, published in McCall's Magazine several years ago. It's such a striking quilt and much easier than it looks! And if you missed it the first time, it's been recently republished in the latest issue {Nov/Dec} of McCall's.

I saw it on the newsstand this weekend - so here's your second chance to get the pattern! McCall's was nice enough to send me 2 copies and I'm offering one as a giveaway today {US only}! Just leave a comment on this post. I've seen the quilt made up in so many collections! Do you have a favorite new or old collection that you'd like to make it in?

I love that they are showing a few different color ways in the magazine...

Good luck and I'll pick a winner on Thursday!

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WIP Wednesday! Another Sunburst!

I can't believe it's been a week since I blogged. I'll blame it on the lazy summer-time!

But I have been up to some sewing and finally it was nice enough today to take some pictures.

This is my third Sunburst quilt. I made it a little bigger by adding a few more rows of diamonds.

I also added a border on this one that the original didn't have...

The beautiful quilting was done by one of our talented local long-arm quilters - Terri Kanyuk.

I have loved every one of these quilts... it lends itself so well to almost any fabric collection. The pattern is currently available in this book (affiliate link to amazon.com)

I'm also excited because I finally finished my Lone Starburst paper pieced blocks at our St Louis MQG sew-in last Saturday. After lots of trial and error I came up with this setting and couldn't be more thrilled! More to come on this one!

Linking up today to Lee at Freshly Pieced!

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A free pattern and more!

Yeah! Free patterns! You can get my table runner pattern for free at Martingale's blog Stitch This! It's from the book  Gathered From the Garden and will put you in the mood for Spring (if you're not already there). And if you don't appliqué, try placing a large-scale print in the Snowball blocks. I've done it and it looks fantastic!

A little sneak peek at some progress I made this weekend...

My second Sunburst is now quilted and bound...

with some fancy quilting...

The pattern is available in this book:

                                                                  

And finally, I haven't done embroidery in years, so it was fun to start on Anna Maria Horner's pattern Love from A to Z. I'm stitching the word "Sew" although that's not what my husband thought of when he saw this much sitting on the table!

... I just have the "W" to go! . . . Cindy

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WIP Wednesday

I don't seem to have anything finished this week, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to do another WIP Wednesday. My current list....

And a few of the highlights...

This is Block 3 of the Lucky Stars paper piecing BOM.

And my first 3 blocks together. I'm so enjoying this monthly commitment!

I started piecing a new quilt. Since the baby quilt is done, I thought Mama might want a quilt too. I'm doing a variation of "Candy Necklace" which just happens to be Lee's pattern in the new Martingale book, Modern Quilts From the Blogging Universe. I'm making it a lap size, adding a little negative space and changing the colors a bit. I'm excited to see it come together.

I'm really focused on finishing a backlog of quilt tops. My Notting Hill Trip Around the World is currently under the needle!

Quilting on this Sunburst was completed last week and I'm just stitching down the binding. Our guild is having a handwork get-together tomorrow and I hope to get this one finished!

And I had to share this with you. If you saw my last post, you know my granddaughters were here last week. The 5 year-old has quite a creative flair. During some quiet time in her room, she made this outfit for the Teddy Bear. She said it took a few tries to get the sleeves right, but I was pretty impressed by the results!!

She claims she's going to be a fabric designer when she grows up. Looking like a star already!

Linking up to Lee at Freshly Pieced  . . . Cindy

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Final Sunburst

I've made and blogged about this pattern too many times.

I'm sure you're tired of seeing it ~

one final version (maybe?)

a little bigger...

fabric ~ Verona

. . . Cindy

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