Still prepping....

Getting some things together for the next big quilt retreat.

 

 

I had previously shown these three Hearts and Hands star blocks without their centers.

 

Since then I have cut out all the strips that I will need to make another 50 of these star blocks.

 

Next step was to get the centers cut out and get a running stitch done so that I could gather the circles over the template.

 

 

Here's my stack of circles (53). They kind of remind me of cupcake papers.

 

 

Now I have all 53 centers gathered up, pressed and ready to applique to the star blocks that will be made at retreat.  Now I have no excuses not to get going on this quilt.  These blocks may be time consuming, but I am well on my way. 

 

Now to come up with a couple other projects for retreat.  That means I have to dig into the UFO pile and see what is next.  I should probably just do eenie, meenie, minee, moe.