A Day of Piecing a Quilt Block

BRRR!!!  It is so cold today in Florida (55 degrees) that water aerobics was canceled.  (It was canceled yesterday morning, too.)  The policy at this condo community is that if the temperature does not hit 65 degrees fifteen minutes before the class, then the class is canceled for the day.  Oh, well.  At least on Monday I was able to go!

Yesterday was a day of piecing together a quilt block for my quilt guild's round-robin project.  It took me about seven hours!!!  It is paper-pieced but in eight wedges which were next to impossible to match points.  Plus, I reduced the size of the pattern so that the star appears to "float" in the block.  Here is the finished block:

I also was able to spend another hour cutting out all the sashing and cornerstones for the sashing.  Nothing can be sewn together until I receive in the mail my last two blocks from the robin.  Here is a look of what I have so far (please excuse the darkness...it was the end of the day):

The lighthouse blocks are appliquéd and all have the same night sky fabric.  The blocks are NOT in their final locations; I only wanted to see them on the floor laid out.