Taking it for a test drive

Yesterday I spent a quiet afternoon at home after getting some jobs done in the morning. DS1 was at home with a virus, so he was able to keep his brother occupied with LEGO battles and Ninjago drama.

I thought I'd better get my act together and start preparing my project for the
Practically Paper Piecing Blog Hop - I am hosting on Thursday 9th August.

So I made a little headway with that - see the sneaky peak below....

I was chatting along on FB with Kristy from Quiet Play about our afternoon sewing exploits and she had been busy designing some new paper piecing patterns. I eagerly put up my hand and offered to test drive the Diamond Star!

And here is the result! Purple Terrain love! And the design looks fabulous set on point. I am hoping that I will be able to use this pattern to make my next quilt - hopefully using greens (you can see the green additions to my stash tomorrow).

Here is Kristy's design for a quilt using this pattern -

Doesn't it look fabulous?! All that purple love!