String Star Quilt

I've made a little progress on the string star. It's been a fun and relaxing way to ease back into my sewing room and a welcome therapy to put the "flood" behind me.

Once my little diamonds were paper pieced, I sewed them into rows.

I removed the paper from the seam allowance before sewing the rows together.

I also pressed the seam allowances open.

You can see here that I pin them on each side of the seam to make sure the intersections line up.

Then I removed the paper from those seam allowances before sewing the rows together.

I have my eight large star points sewn but they are not sewn to each other yet.

I need to go buy some background fabric. I'm thinking red, like this one which I don't have enough of obviously.

I also plan a pieced border but am still playing with ideas.

Just thought I would share a little progress.

Enjoy every stitch!

Diane