Spring Sprouts quilt

The Sewing Circle (a quilt shop in Ft. Collins) is running a Spring Sprouts BOM club, which started last Saturday. This is my first experience sewing at a quilt shop, and it was a lot of fun. I was able to focus on my project, yet I also did a lot of socializing. I'll definitely do more!

I finished two applique blocks during the club session on Saturday, and then I got one more done at home (so far). I would have finished more, but I had to use a tiny pair of scissors instead of my Ginghers, which were out getting sharpened.

Since I mentioned it, I would be VERY cautious about having your nice scissors sharpened. The guy who did mine ruined the tips. I looked at new Ginghers at Joann, but the tips aren't nearly as nice. I'm not sure if something has changed. I am sick and more than a little upset about it. We'll see if he can make it right, but I seriously doubt it's possible.

I'm using various charm packs by Fig Tree & Co for the stars, and they will be scrappy (I won't attempt to make all points of a star in the same fabric). I bought a half yard each of Moda Bella solids in the warm pastels color collection (plus two additional greens) for the applique. Background fabric for applique is natural linen.

I used 6D embroidery software to change the satin stitch to blanket stitch, and I resized the applique down from 8" to 120 mm squares. The scale between the stars and applique will be a little different as my applique squares are smaller. I plan to make the sashing 3" wide, so the star centers will be 3" square. I'm also thinking about setting it on point instead of square.