Persian Star Revisited

You may remember seeing this quilt a year ago on this blog. If not, check here. Well I guess January is the time I go through my UFO box and see if there's anything in there that still has my interest, and I came across this. I decided that I really did need to figure out what the heck was wrong with this thing and get it finished so I could quilt it. After spending time looking at it, looking at the pattern, I discovered that the two side borders were each missing a block at the bottom. Hmmm...that's why I had two extra blocks...go figure. So I sewed those on, voila! One vertical border fit perfectly. The other didn't, it was too short. Then I fitted the top and bottom borders, same deal. One fit, one was too short. By about an inch in both cases. No, I was not going to go on a 'rip and resew' fest. So I decided my only option was to add more fabric at each end, center the border between it, and applique the border on. Of course I could not find the two fabrics I needed in my nightmare of a stash, so I went to my last ditch, go to place--my scrap box. After scrounging up enough scraps, piecing them together and finally sewing everything together, it was 4 hours later and finished. Now on to the layering and pinning...*sigh*...maybe another day...