Star quilt is quilted

Hey look!  It's done!

 

I spent all day yesterday quilting it, then about an hour and a half yesterday and today cutting and applying the binding.  I actually mitered the corners this time, which I've never done before.  The miters look okay, but not great enough to share a detail photo of.  I think after 4 of them, I got the hang of it, though, so hopefully it will look better next time.  The edge is a little wavy, too, but I don't really care.

I had to supress the urge to just quilt the crap out of it; I wanted to keep as much distance as possible between quilting lines so it would end up soft and fluffy instead of stiff and crisp.  I think I quilted the center block a little too densely; I was getting carried away.  As I went on, I made an effort to keep the quilting spaced out.  The largest unquilted areas are the pink star points, with lines at most 4" apart.

I'm still waiting to finish the 9-patch until I can buy some solid cotton for setting the blocks.  I 'made' some flannel blankets this afternoon since I had some time.  Just a few rectangles of ugly (but soft!) old cotton flannel which I finished with a machine overcast or mock serger stitch.

I think I might try to start another quilt with something else in the stash while I wait to finish the 9-patch.  I should probably clean in there before I start rummaging in the piecework bin, though.