Sapphire Stars Quilt- part 1

I started this quilt because I wanted to use up my batik scraps and I love this star block.  It's easy sewing and doesn't require much brain power!

This is the Wonky star block.  Mine measure 12.5".

I made 12 blocks - I dyed the center blue fabric myself, in the microwave.

I set them on point  and made some simple 9 patch blocks to go with them.

 Apologies for the 4 poor quality photos above but it shows you how I worked the layout.

 After adding corner and side triangles - it needed some borders.

I liked the idea of flying geese units, so why not? They are great for using up scraps.
I decided i wanted to make little wonky star cornerstone blocks, plus this used up the huge amount of half square triangles from the flying geese.

What a bonus - I just stitched an extra seam when making the geese units and I have lots of these. They square up to 2" and are so cute. I used them in the corners of the little block below.

This little block finishes at 5", so i had to trim !/4" to make it fit my quilt.

                                     Here is the finished top, all ready to be quilted.

                                             
                                                               Close up of the corner.

It ended up being a little bigger than I intended  - its taking up nearly all of my living room floor space.

Couldn't resist playing around with the bonus HSTs.

I think these will make a cute baby quilt......

If you'd like to make a wonky star block, I have done a tutorial. Click here.
Hope you enjoy it.
Next time I hope to have some quilting to show you. See you then.
Rhianon.