star trekker

a couple of years ago there was a batik sale at Lyons Quilting and i wanted this...

oooo!!! purples and blues and teals!!!

the pattern is written in a Block of the Month format 

and all the fabric is supposed to be cut at the beginning...

which i find very, very scary...

so i delayed starting by drafting each of the blocks for paper-piecing...

and then waited a few months to Kinko them...

 it was a few more months before i drummed up the courage to actually cut into those lovely batiks...

 and even more time passed whilst messing up just about everything

including making a bunch of hour glass blocks and half square triangles that i didn't need

so LuLu designed a pillow topper for me...

she has the sweetest little feet

and an eye for symmetry

 stacks of batiks and blocks aged in the Magick Shoppe 

and my wanting a finished quilt waned...

but

there's the but - i knew it was somewhere 

then i found the perfect fabric for the backing

and it made me want to actually finish the flimsy and send it off to Liz the Magnificent for quilting with a gazillion Enterprises...

NCC1701

the United Star Ship Enterprise

to boldly go...

and she transformed it into this...

Star Trekker

if i ever get bored with the front, all i have to do is flip it over

and i can hang out with these guys...

and it didn't end up being a 5 year mission

pattern is Stars Over Capri by Cheryl Malkowski

quilted by Liz Bowman

pieced and bound by dianne

After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.

Spock

 Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 1

not this time, Mr. Spock...