This!

This is the star I am going to use. Needs ironed, should have done that before the photo.

This star took me about half an hour to make so I need to speed up.

Now I have sorted out a pattern I need to get some sort of fast production line going.

And also maybe make the stars bigger or I will be here for years making them.

Star fabric this time is a pair of old school trousers.

Number two

This one looks good, followed a YouTube tutorial by Edyta Sitar and learned some useful tips, but I don't really want an 8 point star.

I used the star fabric to make a quilt for T's cot before he was born.

Squint

Well, star number 1 took me nearly an hour last night and is a big bit squint. Hmmm....

The beginning

Last winter I made a fab quilt for my eldest son who is 9. I spent ages trying to think of a design he might still want to have on his bed when he's 19 and off to college and eventually settled on a dragon flying over a castle in a big dark sky. It's pretty impressive, even if I do say so myself.

So for a while I've been thinking what I might make for son number two. He likes vehicles, construction, lego, reading, but nothing came to mind. I tried to draw out a design of the Red Arrows flying in formation over one of his favourite landmarks. Looks good, but just not inspired.

Then one day I was looking through a Facebook page for a young lad who has leukaemia. Someone had posted the quote from the Coldplay song "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you" and that decided me. The stars shine for my boys for sure.

So I am going to try to make a quilt with a whole load of stars shining in the night sky. I have no idea if it will all come together or not but I'm going to start by making some stars and see how it goes.

I might go back to my Red Arrows design, but I need to start somewhere or I will be stuck for ever in indecision.

Watch this space...