Just in time for the 4th of July! This little stars table topper was such fun to make. I don't do paper piecing very often, so a small project like this is what it takes to keep my skill set sharp. When I first got started I could barely remember which end was supposed to be up, but by the seventh or eighth star, I was up to speed again.
The pattern is by Laurie Simpson and is in the Moda All Stars Mini Marvels book. I printed the paper pattern right from the book and had no issues with it not being accurate. The finished blocks came out 3 1/2", every single one of them.
My weekend was quite productive. I recovered a new pressing board for my ironing station, as the previous one had warped very badly over the two or three years I have been using it. You should have seen my husband and I scrabbling around on the floor with the staple gun trying to cover the new board with batting and a fabric covering. Neither one of us does so well on the floor anymore. My husband found out that after his double knee surgeries, he can no longer kneel.
I just put the new board on top of the old one. Hopefully the new one won't warp. I will use my thick wool pressing mat as often as possible and maybe that will help.
Can you see how badly the bottom board warped? It was like ironing in a valley.
I also reorganized my book shelves and pattern storage system. My patterns are in the five white bins on the top shelf. I need to go through them and toss the ones I know I will never use. I also went through my books and discovered a duplicate of a good one, so I will do a give away at some point this week. I eliminated a couple piles of books which made room for six project boxes on one of the shelves.
What a good feeling to get a ton of crap stuff off the floor and stored away in the closet and on the shelves. It is a pleasure to go in my sewing room and just sit in my chair and look around the room at my accomplishment.
Hope you all had a lovely weekend.