If you haven't heard of Astronaut Karen Nyberg sewing the first quilt block in space, I thought I'd tell you about it!! She is a quilter, and on a recent trip to the Space Station brought along some quilting supplies and sewed up a start block. She even took a video of it.
Back on Earth, she decided to take it one step further and has invited quilters to send in a star quilt block to be sewn into a quilt that will be displayed at the 2014 Houston Quilt Festival. Here's the link for all of the information. There's also a link on that website for the YouTube video of her space quilt block.
I had some lovely space batik in my stash that I knew would be perfect. Since I wanted the dark fabric to be the highlight, I designed a simple paper pieced star that hopefully looks a little like a sun.
The deadline is August 1st, so there is more than enough time to make up a block and send it in!
I am not really into space but love the fabric you have used here. Hope we get to see the quilt when it is complete, surely someone will post a photo
ReplyDeleteFun Block!!!! It will be a bright addition to the quilt!
ReplyDeleteYay! I just made my block this weekend. I love this project and can't wait to see the finished quilt. I heard they had 600 blocks so far. It's going to be massive! (Here's a link to my block: http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2014/07/astronomical-quilt-block-challenge.html)
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