Thursday, as you may know, was the Fourth of July in the US. We celebrate our independence by barbequing, watching fireworks, etc. We went over to my BIL’s house for a BBQ. It was last minute and very small. We picked up MIL, a friend from the Natives came and an old friend of BIL’s came. That was it. The Young Man was disappointed that his cousins didn’t attend. Since BIL got sick, he is not up for a large event. He said he misses the larger BBQ, especially seeing friends, they used to host, but it just wasn’t possible.

Since the event was small, I had a bit of space to spread out. I finished one EPP star and started and finished another. I was pleased to be able to do a little sewing even though I was away from the machine. It was nice, because I could participate in the conversation. I also made a bit of a sensation. People were really interested in my project. The Natives friend, Dave, brought his girlfriend, Teri. She asked a lot of questions about the process and what I did with the quilts, etc. I encouraged her to look into a class. I doubt she will do it, but I always try and encourage people to learn to quilt.
This group of stars also makes me wonder if I should continue with my plan to have alternate rows be dots on white or if I should make alternate rows warm and cool colors.
You can see the last stars I worked on in a May post.
One of your stars already has warm and cold colors mixed. Have you done any stars with dots on white? Would you lose the star shape like you did with the one with warm and cold colors mixed?
Good point about the fabric with the warm and cool colors. That is a Philip Jacobs fabric. I didn’t think I should put it in, but love it so much that I couldn’t help myself. It might not make the final cut.
It does have luscious colors.
These are great ! What are natives and what does EEP stand for ?
EPP=English Paper Piecing. I’ll make sure I put it in the glossary. There is more about my EPP adventures here: https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/tag/english-paper-piecing/
Natives= Native Sons of the Golden West, a fraternal organization to which my DH belongs. He has just been elected to the Executive Board. You can read more about it and see links to their site at: https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/2012/05/nsgw-pillows/
I really like the warm-cool alternating!
Thanks! I’ll have to pull out the dots on white and do a visual side by side comparison.