Amazon Star Part 2 Finished

 Hi all -

I hope everyone is doing well! It's hard to believe that summer will be here soon! We are in my most miserable time of year right now. It's pine pollen season here. The yellow pollen is EVERYWHERE! I park my car under a tree and it was just covered this morning when I went to the grocery store. I have to drive for a little while with all of the windows closed to shed most of the pollen, then I have to use the wipers to clear the rest of the windshield. If you start with the wipers, you get a bunch of the yellow pollen where the wipers end and it won't fly off on its own. I trimmed Grace's toe nails this morning and she still has some pollen on her back from having to lay on her back on the porch. She was completely yellow when I was done and the pollen is waxy so I couldn't brush it off with my hands. I also had a window open in the kitchen yesterday and every surface is covered in a light coating of yellow pollen even though there was no wind. Crazy stuff! And I'm allergic so I've been coughing and sneezing and fighting a headache and itchy eyes. Luckily this only lasts a couple of weeks and I'll be in Kansas City for a week. I'm hoping for a quick season so all of the pollen is dropped before I get back! Then I'll just have to do the clean-up. It's a pain, but it's beautiful enough up here to make up for it!

This week I concentrated on my Amazon Star quilt designed by Judy Niemeyer. I was able to finish part 2 of the instructions. Part 2 consisted of making 8 of these units:

Amazon Star - Part 2 Unit

Amazon Star - All Part 2 Units

These units took a lot long to make than I expected because I had to first understand the directions and make the units. Then there was a lot of time removing the papers. I used glue on the pieces when sewing because I was having trouble with the fabric shifting, and then I had some trouble releasing the paper from the fabric.

Amazon Star - Paper and Glue Remnants on Back

I removed as much of the paper as I could, but I couldn't get it all. While I'd rather have everything clean on the back, it's not worth putting in too much effort on this since the glue will dissolve in the wash and any paper that doesn't disappear will just sit in the batting. After making the units, they were attached to the part 1 units:

Amazon Star - Completed Units

I also gat a start on part 3 of the instructions:

Amazon Star - Part 3 Units Started

The part 3 units are 4x4 Lone Star units. They will go between the part 2 star points, with some other units in between. As the dark fabric in the next units are added to the quilt, I think the light star points from part 2 will really start to glow. 

Nancy