Shirley Anne’s Heart

The EASY STRATA STAR and Quilts for Kids – Quilt Camp 2012

Posted By drsao on February 21, 2012

Some of us chose to engage in a project or two at Tern of the Century Quilt Camp this year.

We are indebted to Jackie and Barbara for teaching us how to make the Easy Strata Star. They had such admirable patience during our lesson – have you ever tried to teach a BUNCH OF TEACHERS? It wasn’t easy! You might even notice that ONE QUILTER/TEACHER has tape on her mouth. LOL.

We started by sewing strata of either 7 or 8 1 1/2″ strips of fabric together……I took pictures of some of our fabric strata before they were cut into the pieces to make the strata stars. I think that our stars turned out great and we had so much fun seeing how the little table top quilts looked made with different fabrics.

You can order the pattern here….if you make it, be sure that your strips are measured, cut and sewn accurately in order for the pieces to fit together in the end!

http://ruthsquilting.com/patterns/

Thanks to Judy for arranging for us to make some Charity Downey Quilts for Kids too. Most of us made them using the pillow-slip method with no binding. (That part I loved and I learned to use spray adhesive as well – thanks Judy.) I even did FREE MOTION QUILTING on my Featherweight. (I am not pretending that I did a good job – but maybe after washing and shrinking a bit the crinkling will cover up my inexperienced FMQ – and thanks to AUNT DERANGED for telling me HOW to do FMQ on a Featherweight!)

Enjoy the pictures!