Hunter's Star Almost Done!

I spent the entire day piecing and I'm almost finished with my Hunter's Star quilt top. Woot! I decided to make a lap quilt instead of a bed quilt, so I think I'm going to add another row to square it up. The completed quilt will have 400 HSTs! I'm unsure about adding borders though.

Hunter's Star, Another Update

I finished two rows. The star blocks are very time consuming, but I'm enjoying the process.

Hunter's Star Progress

I'm up to my ears in HSTs! I spent a couple of hours yesterday just sewing and cutting HSTs. There must be hundreds of them! I don't mind making them...just wish I didn't have to trim each one...it's so time consuming. I also finished 3 more star blocks. I was hoping to make more star blocks today, but I haven't found the time.

A small pile of HSTs ready to be pressed.

Trimming the night away!

I Started My Hunter's Star Quilt Today

I started working on my Hunter's Star quilt today. This morning I washed, dried, pressed and cut six yards of fabric into 5 inch squares. I spent the afternoon power sewing and finished all 28 of the four patch blocks. I decided to try to piece a star block. It was time consuming, but not too difficult. I like the way it turned out, but I need to work on lining up my points. I'm following the Easy Hunter's Star Tutorial by Jenny at Missouri Star Quilt Company. I really like Jenny's method for making HSTs.

Hunter's Star

I am planning to make a Hunter's Star quilt for my sister. I decided to just use two colors, red and cream. I found a wonderful tutorial by Jenny at the Missouri Star Quilt Company. It's a very easy way to make the quilt. I just bought my fabric, but I'm going to prewash it first. I found a couple of great videos by Leah Day that show you how to prewash, press and square your fabric before quilting.

Easy Hunter's Star Video Tutorial

Prewashing & Preparing Fabric for Quilting