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Dandy Star Stash Buster Quilt #273   Size:  72" x 90" Started 7/21/21 - Finished 12/17/21 Another finish and another happy dance!  I started this quilt back in July when I decided to do the stash buster challenge by Border Creek Station . I love, love, love how this quilt turned out.  I previously posted about my progress  here and here . By Jacquie Anderson I was originally going to add a border similar to this quilt that inspired me but I decided my quilt didn't really need it.  I am so glad I added the inner ribbon border instead. Each Dandy Star block is 9 inches and, except for the backing, the entire top was made from scraps and yardage in my stash. This is the second top I quilted on my Moxie.  I am a little embarrassed to post this picture.  My quilting was done free-hand (no pantographs, boo hoo) and I decided to get fancy by doing a flower motif.  No prior practice, I just jumped right in, so my quilting is very "rustic" LOL....

Four more blocks completed for my Y2K quilt.  I thought I'd be able to complete more than 4 blocks a week as they really don't take that long but before I know it another week has gone by.  I'm also working on my Unity quilt but I may put it aside so I can get finish my Y2K blocks.  The end of the year is just around the corner! The charms in the top 2 blocks are from Margaret M.S. in Wisconsin: ...I made my first quilt in the late 1960s and off and on as the need arose...I retired from work in the fall of 1996 and now devote all my free time to quilting.  I have a 22' x 24' sewing studio which is home to my longarm quilting machine...I was bitten very hard by the Y2K quilt bug and have swapped enough packets of charms to make 18 Y2K quilts [WOW!]... I completed six of these quilts for our six children...[and] have swapped enough...charms to make Y2K quilts for the grandchildren for Christmas 2000. The bottom 2 blocks are from Jodie T. in Michigan: ...I started quil...