I have been working on the asterisk quilt.

As you recall, you start with stacks of 7-inch squares.

Insert 1-inch strips.

End up with stacks of blocks to be trimmed up.

Here are some finished blocks. I will need 81 for a 9 block by 9 block quilt. These are Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I think I will insert a 1-inch sashing using one of the calmer fabrics to give the eye a place to rest, as designers are wont to say.