wonky stars & dotty florals

Today I thought I'd share another unfinished WiP. I do find letting things sit & 'brew' for a while - maybe a week, a month, a year, or even two - can work well for me. On relooking at things, sometimes I've found fresh inspiration and different ways to finish up something that otherwise would be left lingering in the wardrobe. Sometimes, I simply pass it on to my girlfriend to see if she can breathe new life into it.
Hopefully, my processes & exploring the possibilities and lots of pics might help others get some ideas for tackling unfinished work too. And you know, if I get a few finishes then I can start something new, yes?

After attending a workshop run by Sally Smith at my LQS 'all things patchwork' some time ago I came away with half the blocks already made for a quilt . . . but I never got around to finishing up the rest of the blocks. Last week, I pulled all the remaining pieces out of the wardrobe and set about sewing the rest.
There was a sequence to piecing and things went together really easily, why I hadn't done this ages ago I'm not sure. I've teamed up the main floral, 'lilac rose' by Philip Jacobs, with lots of spots, mainly Kaffe ones. I've also got enough leftovers here for a scrappy binding, which is always a plus.

Sally's design "stacked stars" is pretty forgiving and I was able to trim each block down to a generous 15" square. There were 16 all together, not just the twelve I had originally thought. I laid them all out on the 'design floor' and shuffled a few blocks to scatter the colours around evenly.
And then I rotated every alternate one so that there was some playful movement happening, which is something that definitely wouldn't have occured to me all those years ago! 

And while it's not my most favourite finish, 

I know it's one my mum would have loved, 

and so for lots of reasons, it does feel good to have moved this WiP along a bit more.

Linking up with Kelly for 'needle and thread Thursday' here