Star Storm Quilt Finish

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away (or at least that's what it feels like), I took a class with Victoria Findlay Wolf.  If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend it!  

Anyway, it was last September, for the Star Storm pattern.   She just recently posted some photos on Instagram of her recent finished top.  She was working on it in September.

My version is done!  When I heard that a new nephew was due in June, I worked on getting it finished. 

Here it is basted on the kitchen floor. 

And finished!  I added borders to the star itself to enlarge it a bit and bring out the darker (more boy-y) colors.  The quilting is just in the ditch, so that the quilt itself will be nice and soft.  

I sent it out shortly after Fitz arrived.  

Mini Star Storm Workshop with Victoria Findlay Wolfe

I had the privilege of taking the Mini Star Storm workshop with Victoria Findlay Wolfe.  Would you believe I didn't take any pictures of her!  I don't really feel comfortable asking for selfies, and didn't think to take any while she taught. 

Anyway.  I was ready. 
As in, its been on my calendar since our Program Chair announced she was coming.
It was even son's 14th birthday.

I had all my fabric prepped by the Friday before the Tuesday of the workshop!

For this pattern I just went ahead and followed the color list in the pattern.  I figured since I was doing something new, I would make it easy on myself and not try to figure out colors.  I did take a page from VFW's "play" books and took whatever fabric I had on hand that was the right color.  Modern, solid, batik, print, old, new, whatever.

And I think it worked!

At the beginning of the class, she was trying to keep us all together so no one jumped ahead and made any mistakes, which was hard for me, because I'm thinking "I've got ONE day off, let's get this baby done!"

But after lunch we had all the info we needed and I got almost half the top pieced.

So that evening, after birthday celebrations, I finished the first half, and cut the strips for the other half.

Next day, second half was completed, and then I had a finished top!

It really goes quickly once you have a grasp of how to use the template.  I think my points line up pretty well, too!  It's an interesting pattern in that you don't make X number of blocks and put them together, each wedge is different....


This top is about 40 x 40.  I went ahead and purchased the original Star Storm Quilt pattern for an 80 x 80 finish.

And I also purchased this sweet pattern.  She had her version there to share and I just fell in love.

 And of course a little fabric therapy ;)

 Following are photos of other works from classmates in the workshop.  Just to share an idea of the many different ways this pattern can be made.