My Christmas Star Top is Done

It is nice when you can marathon a weekend to finish a quilt.   Both the blocks and the star were done done on Friday.  I was feeling pretty foxy about putting the top together.  Just put on the border fabric for the star. sew the rows of blocks together, add them to the star and finish with the outer border.  Zip Zap Zam I should be done by noon on Saturday.

Remember the adage, Measure Twice CUT Once? I ended up having to buy another 1.5 yards of the border print because I cut the length 2 inches too short to be able to frame the star with a mitered border.  Of course I realized this at 7 PM on Friday so that brought everything to a halt until I could get into the store for more fabric - I know, what an excuse.

So Saturday I picked up the fabric and got it washed, cut and on the star with nearly perfect miters.  I already had the blocks laid out on the design wall so I could just sew the rows together.  This afternoon/evening I was able to complete the block assembly and finally the outer border.  With a little convincing, the border fabric mitered nicely to frame the quilt and turn the corners. 

I picked up some nice Christmas stencils at the AQS show in Des Moines a couple of weeks ago that will work perfectly for this quilt.  I hope to have this done for the holidays.  Now that would be a record for me.