My version of the Carpenter Star quilt

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend.

I worked all weekend.

We celebrated our Easter on Monday.

My youngest brother is getting married this summer, and I've been thinking of different patterns to make.

I had one idea, but didn't think i could make it happen in the time I had left.

So, I took my coloring pencils and graph paper out and started coloring.

I was inspired by Mary's Carpenter Star quilt pattern found here.

She used the GO! 6.5 inch half square triangle die and the 6.5 inch square die to make it.

I have the 6.5 inch HST die, but this quilt pattern was for a lap quilt and I wanted a queen.

Here is the drawing I came up with.

I just kept adding hst's around my center Carpenter Star.

I really like the look of it.

This is the fabric I had purchased for the quilt.

It's a Henry Glass collection, and a few kona solids.

I cut all my fabric.

I needed 100 red , 100 black, 148 white triangles.

I cut them using my GO! cutter and the 6.5 inch HST die.

Here they are all cut up.

It went really fast to cut them up.

I did start piecing the center.

Here is what I have done up to now.

I wish my design wall was bigger.

 

As I get further along, I will share my progress with you.

Hugs

Ariane