A Star is Born

 The Needlers had a special, Saturday session.  

We are making the 3D, no-sew, fabric Christmas star.  You can find patterns and tutorials all over the internet right now. 
We chose to watch the tutorial on YouTube by Laura Ann Coia of SewVeryEasy.  Click HERE.

 

Keeping our social distance was tricky.
Miss Nancy waiting her turn at the cutting station.

The studio is a bit messy with a number of Christmas projects lying about.
Miss Nancy's "Devil's Claw" quilt is on the design wall.

The first part of this project took more time than the second part, specifically fusing the fabrics together.  I had some cheap fusible from a big box fabric store.... I guess you get what you pay for, one way or the other.  It was hard to work with; varying degrees of fusible-ness.  We were, all three, finally successful after much, much, much pressing.

 

Pay special attention to the cutting!  It is not intuitive!

 

After some practice I came up with this formula:

*Point down, toward you.
*The folded split side is always on the left.

*Measure from the point. 

*Cut from the folded side to split folded side.

*The raw edge is the NO CUT side.
(For some reason it feels like this is the side you should cut.)

 

I took Laura's advice and used a clip on the split folded side to hold it together
AND to remind me this is the back bone of the star arm--a NO CUT zone!

In the end, a beautiful star was born!

I have been taking Miss Wanda the 12 days of Christmas
(adapted for modern times, although she said she wouldn't mind five golden rings.)  

Today she receives a beautiful star to hang on her door.

P.S.  Scandinavian variety by Shabby Fabrics.   HERE