Corner stars

I thought you might like to see how I added the corner triangles to make the stars.

I cut the triangles using the "tri rec" ruler on 2 1/2 inch strips all facing up otherwise I would have had a right and a left triangle and my stars would have been turning both directions or have points going in odd directions.  I'm a creature of habit and need repetition and order so everything fits together in the end.

I cut a paper triangle to help me place the fabric triangle at the correct angle so when I flip it over the square corner matches the square corner of the background.

Sew a quarter inch seam

One is horizontal the other is vertical sorta!

Flip and press then sew the blocks together

I did more than a couple practice blocks to get the triangle the right size and angle then  aha!! I thought use the Tri Rec ruler  Perfect!

And after I trimmed the log cabin blocks with the triangles to 7 1/2 inches not all those little triangles are the same size.  Imagine that. 

Some star points are shorter and some are longer and it doesn't bother me.

Happy sewing --Ann--

Log cabin

I could see a cardinal in the trees when I was drinking my morning coffee— a sign that I should get to work on these blocks. Later in the afternoon I could see the cardinal in the neighbors tree as I pressed the triangles  urging me to keep working on this quilt. Maybe it cast a spell as it all came together so fast when I sat at the sewing machine.  It needed a border but I didn’t have much in the stash to choose from and very limited yardage. But it’s a scrap quilt just about anything goes.  I had a Santa print and some Christmasy birds. I had to fussy cut the 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 strips for the borders because I didn’t want to cut the heads off the birds. Some are horizontal and some are vertical and I grouped them together so the borders have better unity. Random placement just looked messy. There is one border block that doesn’t have a bird…..it flew away or maybe it was the one outside my window. —Ann—