Reclaiming One Orphan

When I was pressing some newly made "Twinkler" blocks a few weeks ago, the phone rang and I  absent-mindedly set a pressed block onto a pile of freshly folded laundry, and then carried it up the stairs and got the phone call.

That twinkler block had landed by chance upon a bright red solid Tee shirt that was old and worn. As I came back from the phone call, I admired the combination and wondered about putting the two together permanently.

Today, I carefully spray starched a ¼" turned-under raw edge on all four sides of the twinkler block, laid it over a matching sized scrap of batting and pinned the whole business at one inch intervals to the front of the Tee shirt.

After sewing it down all around the outer edges with topstitching, I outline quilted the star itself. Now I'm so happy with the whole effect!

Linking up with Love Laugh Quilt on Monday Making! Link.

Happy quilting!