My Astronomical Quilt Block

Did you know there has been quilting going on in outer space?  While on board the International Space Station, Astronaut Karen Nyberg was working on hand piecing a star quilt block.  Click here to watch a video of her explaining what it is like to sew in space.  I never thought about how much I take gravity for granted until I watched it! 

I just thought this was so cool, I wanted to participate in the block challenge, too, and so I made my own star block to send to Houston to be a part of this amazing project.  Click here for the instructions for participating in this challenge. 

I chose some batik fabrics that I had, and then had to choose a pattern.  The block needs to be a 9" finished size, and that is not a common size.  I knew the best place to look would be the Quilter's Cache website.  I have been browsing the patterns there for several years.  It is a wonderful collection of hundreds of free quilt block patterns.  You can search by block size, and I decided on a pattern called "Pat's Star."  I thought the blue background fabric kind of looked like stars off in another galaxy.  I am very happy with how my block turned out. 

I just need to sign my block with a permanent marker and mail it to Houston.  The deadline is August 1.  Can't wait to see what happens with all of the blocks submitted.

I'm sharing my little piece of a big work in progress over at
WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced. 

Have a great day, and thanks for visiting!