🎵🎶When you wish upon a star:: 🎵🎶makes no difference who you are::
🎵🎶When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true...🎵🎶
And don't forget Tinkerbell with her magic fairy dust... 🌟
Welcome to Melva Loves Scraps (home of the Quilters Through The Generations series) and to the Wish Upon A Star blog hop hosted by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt.
Today I am offering a give away! There will be three different winners! I have three different star patterns... Details will also be at the end of the post.
Back to the matter at hand... Wishing upon a star.
What sort of wishes did you make as a youngster?
As I dug into my scrap bin for this quilt and pulled blues and yellows out to make my favorite wonky log cabin blocks I recalled making wishes like maybe for a new bike or a new Barbie doll... as I grew into a teenager I had wishes for a cute boy to notice me, or that I might get a new car or that I could nail a difficult stunt in gymnastics.
As a young wife I wished that our family could someday return to Colorado to live.
As I grew up I realized that wishes and dreams can come true, but they also require work and determination (sometimes a lot of it!).
As a quilter I wish that free-motion quilting came a little easier... I wish it just took some of Tinkerbell's magic fairy dust to make it happen, but it takes practice! And as a (recovering) perfectionist, it has taken me a long time to get over the fact that not every stitch is going to be perfect.
A few years ago I overcame the fear of feathers and feel confident making them, but the stippling is just a struggle to me. I tend to make my stipples too small and tightly spaced for larger projects.
I took a class to learn about using the Westalee rulers and templates and have had some fun with them, but still have a dream of mastering stipples...
Thus a recent purchase of some stipple/meandering and clouds templates that can be used with the special ruler foot.
I love the look of the "clouds"! Though I didn't position the ruler close quite right and had too large of a gap in the quilting so I did some wavy lines in between to fill that gap... like falling stars - and people make wishes upon falling stars too!
I just LOVE the log cabin block so much and it offers great versatility with the positioning of the blocks and color placement. I chose a Carpenter's Star for this quilt...
I love the wonky blocks... the rawness and inconsistency of the strips remind me that all things can be redeemed and fulfill a purpose... Plus there is less time required for cutting and worrying about the perfect 1/4" seam... your mind can wander... and dream... and make wishes!
Details of the give away... Leave a comment before Monday, May 28th telling me
What sort of wishes did you make as a youngster?
How about as an adult... What do you wish for?
Remember, if you are a no-reply blogger, be sure to leave your e-mail address with your comment (davemelvanolan at aol dotcom).
Be sure to follow me here by e-mail (you can subscribe in the margins), by facebook, bloglovin' or instagram where I will announce the winners.
The first pattern is a traditional pieced quilt that has an Irish Chain look to it (72" square)
One is a throw sized paper pieced rainbow stars...
And the third is a 26" square Gardeners Delights pattern for an intermediate quilter...
Make your wishes come true,
Melva
Today's bloggers include...
May 24
The bloggers from the previous days...
May 21
May 22
May 23
And bloggers for tomorrow...
May 25
Linky Tuesday at Freemotion By The River
Fiber Tuesday at Quilting Room With Mel
To-Do Tuesday at Stitch ALL the Things
Wednesday Wait Loss at The Inquiring Quilter
Midweek Makers at Quilt Fabrication
Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts
Finished Or Not Friday at Busy Hands Quilts
TGIFF at Anja Quilts
Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts
Wishes...Ah.. As a kid I wished summer would last forever, I wished I could play on the baseball team like my brothers did. It didn't seem fair that I couldn't just because I was a girl. I wished for a guitar and I got one. :) I wished for a basketball and I got one. I wished for roller skates and I got them.
ReplyDeleteAs an adult, I wish for God's grace to see me through anything I might go through. He has been faithful so far and I know He always will be. And of course I wish for a fabric shopping spree. :)
I think your wish for God's grace is an excellent. He is, indeed, faithful. <3
DeleteAs a kid, I wished for a horse. As as adult, I wish I didn't have to struggle so much through life.
ReplyDeleteI had wished for a horse as well! I nearly had my parents convinced and then we all discovered that I was allergic to them... that wish went out the window! I'm sorry your struggles are difficult through life. However, we can always learn something from the struggle. Prayers for you...
DeleteFantastic quilt! I enjoyed reading about how you quilting it... so many bloggers don't talk about that part.
ReplyDeleteI thought of the Pinocchio song too and quilted the lyrics in the border of my star quilt!
I don't remember my childhood wishes, but my adult ones are all about the safety and happiness of my kids!
Oh I love that star!! I've seen this pattern a lot, and have it on my 'want to do list', just haven't done it yet. You did a lovely job.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts. Thanks for sharing. Stars are my favourite, I think. As a child I wished for money to buy material things and now I just wish for my families health. Thanks again
ReplyDeleteVery, very nice..love your quilt
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is amazing! I love the uniqueness of the log cabin effect.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Melva,
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt! I love blue and yellow together - it is a happy combination and it comes together in a wonderful star. As a child I wished I could have a dog (never did get one), and now as an adult I am wishing and praying for a healthy baby for my niece and her husband. I can hardly wait to spoil that baby. Happy Thursday! ~smile~ Roseanne
Hi Melva I love your beautiful quilt. I don't remember a lot about my child hood memories. I do remember that for a long time i wished my name was Linda. I guess I wanted to fit in better. I struggle with perfectionism around quilting as well.
ReplyDeleteI love your log cabin block! I like fmqing and wish all my stitches were perfect. lol
ReplyDeleteYour star quilt is beautiful! I used to wish for more crafts supplies like paint and glue and special papers. I was always very crafty. I would hide in my closet and make a huge mess while cutting, gluing and painting things I made. My mom would be happy I was being quiet until she realized that I was too quiet and she’d come looking for me, and find me crafting in the closet with a big smile on my face. Lol! Now my wishes are for more time for quilting. I would do it full time.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful log cabin. Love the brightness of the blues and yellows you picked.
ReplyDeletelove your quilt. as a child i wished for a 2 wheeler bike ( got my first bike at age 27) as an adult i wish to travel more .
ReplyDeletethanks for the chance to win one of your lovely patterns.
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Your blue and yellow star is wonderful! I guess I always wished for money! I didn't have a genie in a bottle, though, I had to earn my own. Thank you, peterstankovich@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteThis is truly a gorgeous star quilt, Melva...wow! I love the colors you chose and how they make me want to smile. It's such a happy quilt! My free motion quilting is awful, but I do hear that practice makes perfect...or sort of perfect. My biggest wish is to have my family close by so I can see them more often. Thank you for playing along in this hop and for making all our days brighter by sharing your beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteI've been contemplating a log cabin quilt, you may have just inspired me.
ReplyDeleteInspiring others is what the blog hops are all about! Have fun with your log cabin quilt!
DeleteI love log cabin and how versatile it is. This gorgeous log star makes my heart sing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt. It is very effective and pretty.
ReplyDeleteWishes as a kid - I have no idea, probably as simple as winning a soccer game, acing a test, anything performance related. As an adult - I wish the housework would do itself. Thanks for the chance to win.
Log cabin is always a winner. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI really like blue, yellow and white. The colors really pop in this Carpenter's Square quilt. I've made two Carpenter Square quilts but never with Log Cabin blocks. Now I have another addition to my to-do list. I used to make lots of wishes as a child. Now I just wish that I had a few days when the trauma from childhood abuse did not still haunt me. I hope to get back to piecing quilts - maybe that will help some, too. Thanks for all the inspiration.
ReplyDeletewow your quilt is gorgeous. I love the sunflowers, they just seem to finish it so well.
ReplyDeletemy whole life most of my wishing and then trying to make them come true have been for other people. I am now following you via email.
That is beautiful and the blue and yellow combination makes it really shine!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is one of my favorites on this star blog hop! I'm a big sucker for scrap quilts and stars to begin with. LOVE the colors you chose and the cute border fabric. I am with you (recovering perfectionist) and have decided even when I quilt something that doesn't quite please me, I am NOT ripping it out. I will keep on going and just learn from it. Great quilt, Melva!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post you have written. Your work is gorgeous, fresh and classic. I love, love log cabin quilts and keep planning new ones in my head each time I find fabric strips in my stash. What a timely topic...wishes from the time we are young until now. I am hoping to go back to work as my youngest is completing High School. My wish for today is that my job interview with 2 sample teaching lessons will be over soon!! I'm so nervous that I can't breath. Thanks for showing me something beautiful on my lunch break so that I can try and relax a bit.
ReplyDeleteThat star is lots of hard work! love it
ReplyDeleteA star made with log cabin blocks...great idea! It looks lovely? Did you make your quilt with a special purpose in mind? Great color choices. I had several of the same wishes you did growing up, except for the gymnastics one. I, too, suffer from perfectionism. I am constantly ripping out seams to redo and make just a little bit better.
ReplyDeleteWOWZERS, love your star!! Thanks for sharing your super pretty quilt.
ReplyDeleteBlue and yellow is such a wonderful color combination - they make a fantastic quilt. Great work. You are DEFINITELY too hard on yourself when it comes to quilt stitching. Do it and step back...that's the best way to look at the stitching.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is gorgeous. Love the blue and yellow!
ReplyDeleteThank you. When I started pulling from the scrap bin I was actually going red/white/blue, but found more yellow than blue. So I went with it!
DeleteSuch a glorious quilt and to think it was made using your lovely scraps! I sure hadn't thought of a Log Cabin block to make a star, but it's a wonderful piece! As a young girl, all I wished for was to marry a good man to love me and give me a happier life. My wish and dreams came true!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy. I am glad your wish came true. I am fortunate that most of mine have as well.
DeleteI love log cabins because they are so versatile. The yelllow and blue are terrific and so much fun in their varied widths. As a young girl I wished to live near water, I have for a long time and feel so fortunate.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathleen. My husband would love to live on a lake. All I can think about when he mentions it is how many mosquitoes would be there!
DeleteGreat quilt love the colors and great log cabin quilt very very cool.. happyness04431@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words Anna. Good luck in the drawing.
DeleteForget as a child but as an adult I want to be grow old and be healthy. Maybe 100. Jmikebalou (at) (aol) dot com
ReplyDeleteThank you GranChris for helping to make this blog hop a fun and successful event. I hope that you wish and your dreams come true. Blessings, M
DeleteBeautiful log cabin star quilt!
ReplyDeleteThank you Anita for your kind words. Good luck in the drawing :)
DeleteHi Melva, Your log cabin star is lovely! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping to make this hop a fun and successful event. Blessings!
DeleteAs a child I wanted to live on a horse ranch but now I want an electric die cutter to ease cutting chores.
ReplyDeleteAs a child I had asked for a horse and finally had my parents convinced to get me one. And then they had a cousin show me how I needed to care for them and feed them and we learned just how severely allergic I was to them. So that wish/dream went out the window. Note: when allergic to an animal do NOT rub your eyes! lol... I think they knew and it was all a ploy to get me to be quiet about it!
DeleteThe strips, blues and yellows, a super star. My wish, I cannot remember having any as a child, now, it would be to have one BIG room for all my fabric, and machine, and not to have to walk from one end of our home to the other to cut, or sew, or find the design wall that has to be moved every time I need to use it.Maybe more than one wish, but combined, they make up one that is super star sized.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nancy for your kind words. I hope that your super star sized wish comes true. Good luck in the drawing.
DeleteLove those bright blues and yellows, Love that plaid sunflower fabric too, so much that it's one of the set of curtains for my quilting room!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cathy for your kind words. When I was ready for the border and went to my fabric closet this was the first piece that caught my eye! It wasn't even a question. Blessings, M
DeleteThat is a beautiful quilt the yellows and blues are just perfect for stars.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words and thanks for helping to make this blog hop a fun and successful event.
DeleteI love your log cabin blocks that make up the stars, very nicely done. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you Cindy for your kind words. Good luck in the drawing!
DeleteIt appears that wishes do come true! What a lovely quilt. Thanks for sharing it on Wednesday Wait Loss.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennifer. I hope that your wishes come true... As always, Thanks for the linky opportunity!
DeleteI've probably made more log cabins than any other quilt pattern. It's my go-to for leader-enders because I can just grab a piece and sew it on, with minimal thinking beyond making sure it's the right color. I like the wonky ones, and I like the regular ones. I like fat strips and skinny logs, and I like alternating them so I get curves. I just love a good log cabin, and your Carpenter's Star is absolutely a good one! Wishing hasn't been a large part of my life, I guess because I've separated dreams and things to work for into different categories. Those are great star patterns!
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan for your kind words. I do believe wishes can come true, but not in a magical way... rather, with some hard work (and maybe a tiny bit of luck).
DeleteIt's just gorgeous! Now I want to make one :) I love yellow and blue together as well, so cheerful! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Joy. Good luck in the drawing :)
DeleteSuch a creative way to make a star. Well done. Thanks for linking up with TGIFF.
ReplyDeleteMelva, your blue and yellow star quilt took me back to the beginning of my quilting journey. The 2nd quilt I ever made was very similar, just bigger I think. It had 49 x 10" blocks made of 1/2" strips...I was a newbie and didn't know what I was getting into..... her is a picture.. https://wordpress.com/post/cozy-quilts.ca/1657
ReplyDeleteI wish I will use up my entire stash before I leave.... Linda cozy-quilts.ca
Thanks for sharing. However, when I copy/paste the link into my browser it doesn't work. Can you email it to me at MelvaLovesScraps at NolanQualityCustoms dot com
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see your quilt.
Wow! This is a beauty!!
ReplyDeleteI love the combination star/logcabin... and the colors!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is spectacular! I have not been a big fan of log cabin blocks in the past, but this quilt completely changed my mind about them!
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