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Star Surround Quilt - HST's

10/23/2013

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I can't believe it's been over 2 months since I started working on my Star Surround Quilt along quilt!  Obviously the quilt along is over now so I didn't get a chance to win any prizes, but I still need to finish the quilt.  After the fabric cutting, it was time to sew some Half Square Triangles (HST's).  First I grouped the cut blocks as instructed, sewed two diagonal lines and trimmed to turn each sewn block into two Half Square Triangle blocks.  Then I pressed them open.
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Next comes the REALLY tedious part - trimming them all so they are squared up and the right size.  So, this is what a typical night looks like for me if I have a tedious task to do.  I move my stuff downstairs with Ryan, put something entertaining on the TV (here's a blurry pic of Walking Dead, LOL) and trim away.
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I haven't looked at the rest of the series blog posts yet but I think the squares I just sewed and trimmed are going to be used to make the star centers, like this:
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The block above had 16 squares to trim and then I had to make 16 of the big blocks.  So that means I had to sew, press and trim 256 blocks!!
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10/23/2013 03:41:01 am

I hate squaring things up too...very tedious! I need a TV where I sew. =)

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