Memory Star

Today is September 21 and the calendar block is Memory Star. Julia R. is one of my Calendar Girls and made this using her Duchess Collection by Windham Fabrics.

Duchess Collection of fat quarters

Julia is a master quilter who does ALL things quilty well. She is an expert hand piecer, too (besides all of her gorgeous knitting projects). So, it surprised me when she told me that this block (she thought) was not meant for beginners. I believe her, though I never saw it that way. What do you think?

Memory Star by Julia R.

What she told me was that she didn't see the outside sets of Flying Geese units (blue and cream) and the red sets, too. Maybe she likes to piece Flying Geese units with a specialty ruler. That's fair, but that stuff can't make it into such a thing as these calendars. I'm old school - I cut quarter square triangles for the Geese and half square triangles for the Sky.

Either way, she did a gorgeous job with this, don't you think? She loves this collection and has bought more of the fabric so she can go BIG with her end resulting quilt.

Thank you, Julia, for a lovely block!