Well I have managed to get it finished, but it changed! I found once I had appliqued those stars that there was too much open space. I think I should have made those original stars larger. So, I needle turned smaller stars between the reverse applique stars.
I don't know if it's because I'm tired or because I did some of the quilting in a metallic thread but I just can't seem to get a good straight on shot of this piece. I have tried with two different cameras without much success.
The hand stitching took most of the day and I like needle turn applique far better than the reverse technique. But both have their place and you can get differences in heights. But working on shapes that are so small and trying to get sharp corners is a pain. I think I will go back and quilt the triangles in the corners caused by putting this on point.
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