I Made It to Number 50!!

    As most of you know, I love Ahhhh's!! And if you don't know what they are, hop over to Hillbilly Quilt Shop and check them out!  Their real name is Artistic, Hexitic, Hectic, Hillbilly Hexagons.  

   As some of you have realized I have made way more then 50 by now, but I have finally finished every one between #1 and #50 in my favorite fabric "Deco" by Jason Yenter.  

     This has been truly a hard adventure because some of these have very little pieces and the sides only equal 3 inches.  This one has 108 diamonds in it.  

  #50- Illusions has taken me forever,  not because it is hard,  but because I am always scared I will loose pieces or I never cut the right amount of the color needed.  But here it is finally done!!! 

Stargazing!!!! New paper Piecing pattern!!!

     

     As most of you know I am a really big Hillbilly Quilt Shop Ahhhh fan!  Tonya gave me a sneak peak at her newest creation called "Stargazing."  And of course I started it as soon as my pieces arrived! 

   Here is a photo of what she has on her site for the original design. And here is a link to it!!  

http://www.hillbillyquiltshop.com/stargazing/

    The star contains six number 7 Ahhhh's, with triangles on the top and bottom.   

     I used a Jinny Beyer boarder fabric that I fussy cut to make each piece the same. The blue solid fabric and Aqua blender I both purchased as complementary Beyer fabrics. 

     In putting together the star I made the Ahhhh's together first. 

     I then made half an Ahhhh out of 3 stars and sewed 3 Ahhhh's to the other side.   This allowed for an easier process in seeing the completed star together. 

     This is my favorite Ahhhh product I have ever finished.  I really love the center!!!

     I have a plan to make a good sized quilt out of this.  I am going to use 3 stars  that come off a 1/2 star.  As I go I will show you my progress!! 

     Here are some of my photos.  This is one with a black bender background.  I think the look is a little too plain. 

     I like how it looks with the Aqua up against the star.  But it's too bright to use it for the entire background. 

     So my idea is to outline a star in the Aqua fabric and sew it down to the black blender. 

     Here is Tonya's example!!  Tonya from Hillbilly Quilt shop is planning a blog series on this Ahhhh collection.  She made a you tube video as an intro.  Her series will contain a start to finish instruction on paper piecing.  Here is a link to her blog that contains her  video.  I would love for you to follow her.  I have learned so much from her and received so much inspiration from her Ahhhh's!!!

http://hillbillyquiltshop.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-finish-for-real-me.html?m=1