Woohoo! We are at month 5 of the Barn Star Sampler Quilt Along that I am doing in conjunction with the Fat Quarter Shop and a great group of bloggers (see my reveal posts at the end of the month for links to their blogs!).
{Please note there may be affiliate links in this blog – I get a small amount from FQS, your price is no different. This helps me to continue doing these sewalongs with you!}
Month 5 is called the Northern Star and it is another smaller block.
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It took me a while to pick the fabrics for this month’s blocks…. I was suffering from a lack of decision making skills! Here are my final fabric choices.
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Cutting out my fabrics onto my large Lori Holt Design Board from the Fat Quarter Shop (this is the 18″ one but I use the smaller 10″ ones for putting together the corner units. And thank heaven for the Alphabitties too (I always seem to forget which fabric I selected for which part of the block!) and did you know they come in pink, blue and grey?
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The Month 5 Tips & Tricks video is now available for viewing – have fun watching me try and get those birds and racoons the ‘right’ way up!!
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And come back at the end of the month for my block reveal!