The last week has been busy. My husband’s sister is trying to sell her Mom’s house in Oklahoma so that they can move to Texas to be closer to us. We have been serving as “house hunters” for her on this end, driving to several places to check out houses and properties. As much as I love house-hunting, it takes time from my quilting, and I am selfish with quilting time! So I am late to the Sweet 16 Quiltalong linky party for this week but I’ve been there in spirit.

I completed the final row of the Reverse Rainbow Starburst in blues, and I love the transition from dark blue to teal to light blue. It may be my favorite row.

I had a couple of starts and stops on a choice of color for the borders. My husband helped me finally decide on blue and white to frame it. I added a final border of Draw Near Paint Pallette by Quilting Treasures, which is one of my favorite fabrics – I love the little paint boxes and color names.

The quilt top is complete! Today I will piece a quilt back and then decide on using white or a color for the binding. Can’t believe it is already Wednesday!

After some trial and error, I was able to complete my first block for a Reverse Rainbow Starburst which I am making as a 16-patch for Sarah’s Sweet Sixteen Quilt-along.

Flutter Kat’s reverse rainbow starburst quiltMy searches for 16-patch patterns kept turning up a 25-patch tutorial for the Reverse Rainbow Starburst. The photo sold me so decided to convert it to a 16-patch.

The tutorial for Reverse Rainbow Starburst is on the blog of Kat at Flutter Kat. She shows how to do wonky sawtooth stars which are randomly placed on each block, but I chose to stitch a uniformly shaped star. Although I adore Kat’s quilt,”wonky” is not my thing.

I had hoped to use only scraps, but I didn’t have enough in the 2-1/2 inch size I need so I supplemented with a few fat quarters and charms. My scrap organization revealed that I don’t have the “tubs of scraps” that more prolific quilters have, but I have my tubs ready to accumulate more scraps.

Katy assumed I laid the squares out for her pleasure.
The first block is deep purples and my next block is deep pinks. I can’t wait to finish this one!