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Apr 15th, 2009 by admin

Change of plan

I had a change of plan whilst sewing this quilt ( this often happens to me)! I thought that perhaps it would look better if I made some 9″ star blocks to go between the 12″ and the 6″ blocks.

So using some brighter red fabric I constructed several 9″ red & white blocks. The brighter red lifts the colour of the center panel and gives the quilt a fresher look.

…and here is the other brighter fresher red and white star.

Balancing the blocks

I have arranged the two new 9″ star blocks, around the side of the central panel. By alternating the blocks the difference of colour is spread across the the quilt. If you were to place all the same blocks together then you would shift the balance of colour!

Arranging star points

I deliberately wanted to use different stars in this project so I was aware that when the blocks were sewn together the star points wouldn’t meet. This is because even though the blocks are the same size, the star dimensions are different. if you want to construct a star quilt like this but you want all your star points meeting then you will have to use the same star design in each of you same sized blocks!

Here is the first section of the quilt with the lighter stars added to two sides. I now need to add the other 2 strips to the remaining sides and again attach a red sashing piece along the perimeter, before I can add the 6″ stars.