Hello friends,

Summer has been a busy time around here. Lots of work in the garden and we are in the height of peach season. Our little tree is laden with fruit, so I’ve been spending a lot of time preserving and and making jams. But every chance I get I try to do a little sewing.

I finished this quilt a fews ago, but hadn’t share it here because I made it for a friend and I wanted to wait until she received it. My friend sell all-natural dog treats and bandanas and she kindly shares the fabric scraps from the bandanas with me (she knows I love scrappy projects). So as a thank you I wanted to make her a little quilt.

Lone Star Quilts have been on my to do list for the longest time. But diamonds are intimidating I admit it. So I decided to work up the courage and finally tackle a Lone Star quilt but give it it a little twist and make it scrappy. I used Pellon light interfacing to pice the diamonds to give them more stability when piecing. I really like using that method. The interfacing is light so doesn’t create any bulk in the seams and you don’t have to be tearing it from the back as you would with paper piecing. I just love how this quilt turned out. I love the piecing process and how lovely all those prints work together to form the star.

Until next time

Martha