Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Stars in My Eyes!

Here are the latest star blocks I have been working on....


in my favourite blue / green colourway!


Most of these fabrics came from a swap with a blogging buddy!

Thanks Marg!

Ooops-  I cut the points off- just in the photo!


And another....



These stars will all be joined together with more diamond shapes.


This will give you some idea of the future layout....




on my design floor!


But I have to make all 12 stars first!

While I was at the machine,


 I decided to see what I could do with the off-cuts....



It is remarkably like a quilt top I 'pinned' recently....



(only I can't work out how to share it here! If anyone knows??)



so I think I might have two quilts for the price of one!


Happy sewing! 

Linking up with WIP Wednesday over @ Freshly Pieced!




SUZ

33 comments:

Elisa Black said...

Your stars are wonderful!! Behind on blog reading so just seeing your header for the first time now--- LOVE it!! That's great that you can get 2 quilts out of making the one!! Looking forward to seeing your progress!!

Carla said...

Both quilts will be so gorgeous, as you are known for, Susan! On your new header, is the blue/green sampler from a 3X6 Bee Swap? I have one that looks so similar..love that combination too!

Christine said...

Your blocks look great. The quilt is going to be stunning.

Fiona said...

they are awesome Suz..... so effective and so pretty.....
Hugz

Suz J said...

Wow - I love it when you can "share the love" and spread the joy of one great fabric combination into two (or more) quilts. Your blocks look great.

Karen said...

It is interesting to see all the variations in these! Keep them coming.

Rachaeldaisy said...

2 gorgeous fun quilts!! Yay!!! Great fabric combos!!

Jan Maree said...

Oh seriously.......YUM!!!

Anonymous said...

I am in love! I think I need one of those rulers ASAP LOL

Larissa said...

Yummy!! These are gorgeous Suz!!

Mrs Flying Blind... said...

Cool!
On Pinterst, click the at the side of the picture then cut and paste the script into your blog post xxx

Melody said...

These are so effective. I love them.

Canadian Abroad said...

I love them all but the orange one is my favourite so far. And I love the off cuts too. This is going to be a great quilt, and then the bonus one as well.

Marg said...

Oooh Susan your stars look fabulous. They look so different to my starflowers but when you put them together with the backing fabric, they are the same shape, how cool is that!
I love that you can make something else with the off cuts.

Mary said...

Love your stars!!! They are so bright and beautiful!!! And the left overs are fantastic too....you could put them on the back, in the corners of the borders!!! Oh the things you can do :) If you want to share a picture try laying your curser over the picture and right click....choose the copy option and left click. Then take it where you want and left click again and choose the paste option and left click again. I think that is how I do it!!! hee hee

CityHouseStudio said...

Such bright and colorful stars - how fun!
And I love that you're getting 2 quilts out of this!

Frances Leate said...

Great blocks with fabulous colour selections and it is neat what you have done with the offcuts. I love your header - you will have to give me some clues! Take care.

Patti said...

Love that you are going to get 2 fabulous quilts! Your fabric choices are fantastic.

Deanna said...

It looks wonderful--both of them. How exciting to see possibilities in the castoffs, too.

Anonymous said...

Just caught my eye on WIP Wednesday. What beautiful stars!

Jessica PierreAuguste said...

Very pretty!

M-R Charbonneau said...

I love your stars! Great fabric choices!

The Thompsons said...

Love the stars! So cute! They look great together as well.

Melinda said...

Love the stars. I like the orange!

Cille said...

The stars are so beautiful. I can't decide which I like the best. It will be an awesome quilt.

Kelly said...

Your stars are gorgeous and I love the bonus of getting a 2 for one with the scraps :)

Norine @ Five Baht Elephant said...

I really like the bicycle prints. And the blocks look great!

Unknown said...

Great stars...! you have my admiration for pieceing them... Love your new header btw!

Leanne said...

Those stars are looking great, also the left over bits!

Mermaid Sews said...

Those stars are gorgeous!

www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com said...

This is going to be such a grand quilt. An 2 for one...brilliant!

Heather A said...

These look great! I, too, have a thing for green and blue together.

æble said...

Stars in your eyes indeed! Truly lovely to look at. And the resulting Hexies are really cool too.

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