Alright ladies, we are off to a terrific start. Here is a photo of some of the kits ready to be sent here and there. Now they are all out in the world and becoming quilt blocks. Yesterday we held the first BOTM class at the store and it was a lot of fun. For those of you sewing at home here are your key cards and pictures of the finished blocks. This month you will be using Template Center A through Template Center E. That will get you as far as the pictures show: as far as the edges of the center star.
And speaking of, you will probably notice that I changed the center star around a little. Yes, I confess, I changed one of Kaffe's compositions. Why did I do this? I wasn't crazy about the star's shape, which was more like a Friendship Star than an Ohio Star. Every time I looked at the quilt, it jumped out at me and not in a particularly good way, so I changed it. Some of the gals in my class kept the original shape of the star and some changed it. It is completely up to you. The quilt police will not come and get you if you change yours to an Ohio Star and the Alewives police will not come and get you if you don't. I promise that this is the ONLY change I have made to the quilt and there will be NO such changes in the future. Thanks for bearing with me!!!
I have posted a picture of Rebecca Townsend's finished block: she is one of the gals who kept the original shape of the star.
The second photo is Nadine Raley's block. Nadine made the switch. I think they both look great. Putting aside for a second the idea of the 2 different star compositions, this is also a good example of how 2 different people making the SAME block out of the SAME fabrics can get 2 different looks. Rebecca's block has that purple dahlia center and Nadine's block has those turquoise paperweights peeking out at you. Great job, both of you! I am loving those nice clean points and corners!
Good luck, and don't forget to leave comments for each other, too!
XOXO,
Rhea
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