Weekend sewing madness (seriously)

On Saturday our guild's group met.  I was asked to lead a demo.
So I showed these adorable fabric boxes.
They are addictive and take less than an hour to make one.




 Check out the tutorial, this is why I'm always bouncing from one thing to the other too many great projects out there!

....I saw this post from Kathy a few weeks ago and thought it would be a great block for our modern group to make a donation quilt for the guild.
You can find the pattern here .
 I made a couple sample blocks but changed the block size from 9 to 12 inches.

block on left I used 'made fabric

....Yesterday, I made two Star Fling blocks and
two 'baby' blocks with the leftovers...

The triangle pieces that get cut off are too big to toss.

 When you add the 2nd square,

 because this is a floating star, you get a 2nd HST that looks like the ones in the 2nd row of the picture below.

 I cut 4 background pieces and 1 center piece same size as my  leftover HST's

the big and the 'extra' laid out for sewing together

And 

Ta-da! 

 an extra wonky cute little star block.

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On the design wall. 

On the right is Urban Birthday, using the Little Black Dress fabric line.

 On the left. is Urban Pods. I found the grey fabric that I thought I was out of.

I love the Kaffe fabric I'm using for these blocks so I'm sewing them into strips for my new spring purse.

Finishes and almost

A fabric box and thread catcher.  

I managed to finally get to Target and remember to buy diapers.

With scrap strips from the stash I whipped up 10 burpers for Jo.

I snapped this photo a few minutes ago.  I am nearing the finish of quilting my Metro Medallions.  After I finish this last row, I will have to go back and quilt in the green areas.  

My ruler/template skills are definitely improving, not near as much un-stitching.  

I'm into the second day of a migraine--the meds are just taking the edge off so I can still function.    

I do have to work tomorrow and Saturday and hope the headache will have left by then.