Dolly Madison in Texas Throw

 

I'm now sewing my rows together. This is Row 1. I have 3 rows sewn so far. 

Dolly Madison in Texas Throw

The stars laid out on the floor at Mum and Dad's (I don't have the floor space at home ...) last night (New Year's Eve). There was a bit more tweaking after I took this photo so there weren't any of the same colour/shade next to each other.

I then marked them on the back with the column and position (7/1 = the topmost star of column 7), and continued to add the natural seeded diamonds.

Dolly Madison Throw

Spent the day adding one background diamond to the bottom of each of the stars. Have stitched 32 so far ... My thumbs hurt!

Dolly Madison

I've decided on the seeded cotton for the background. I had to order more of the fabric though, hadn't bought enough first time round! 

Dolly Madison ...

I've now completed all of my stars. The next step is to decide on the fabric for the background diamonds.

Dolly Madison ...

Went out this morning, on a very unproductive trip to the bank ...  Still full of the flu. But much better than I've been, and it's been really nice to be able to do some more stitching.  I've started on the lighter stars, and I think the yellow centres look quite effective! 

My first 10 stars. Another 47 to go ...

The main reason I've started with the paler stars is because I wanted to make sure I liked the yellow centres with the lighter coloured stars, but also so I don't have to keep switching between different coloured threads to sew the pieces toghether.

Dolly Madison ...

So I decided I'd go with the yellow poplin for the star centre hexagons after all! For all the different shades. If I decided I don't like the pale yellow with the paler stars, I can always cut centres from another colour. 

And here is the first of the completed stars -