Wednesday 2 November 2016

still stuck on stars



I've spent the last few days playing with star blocks
- again {sigh!}



I already had a pile of large cut out triangles in Denyse Schmidt's fine plaid
that I had tried using in an earlier project but they didn't work quite as I'd imagined they would {sound familiar?}

Anyway, determined to use them up, I started mixing in a few other fabrics, just playing really
- some Liberty, AMH, Basic Grey and a good old Kaffe spot {ever so useful}
 a bit of an eclectic mix of gentle muted fabrics...














... and I've got about 5 stars up on the design wall now
Loving how it's going this time
so I think I'm going to gather them all up and get busy sewing a scrappy vintage-y quilt!

Linking up with Esther for WiPs on Wednesday here
with Lorna for show & tell over here at sewfreshquilts
and with Myra for 'finished or not Friday' over here



18 comments:

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

I really like that plaid fabric for the star points Linda. You are on the road to another lovely scrap quilt!

Kimberly Smith said...

I'll echo Cynthia above. The plaid gives it really 'makes it.'

Mystic Quilter said...

Pleased you're back onto stars, lie the mix of fabrics.

Ariane said...

These look really great! I love star quilts!

Deb Chimes said...

Very nice! I like the thought of a vintage-y quilt and the plaid really ties it all together.

Julie said...

A vintagey scrappy quilt from you - I wouldn't expect anything less. Are these all handpieced?

Linda said...

Great idea to use your already-cut triangles. Lovely muted colours. Don't know how you made your stars........EPP?

Stephie said...

oh these are just lovely! I love your mix of modern and traditional style prints, it works really well.

Maggie said...

Sometimes it is the fabric one least expect will work, that saves the day. Your stars look lovely.

Lisa J. said...

The fabric additions you made to the plaids are beautiful. They are just the ticket.

sue said...

Fabulous and fun. I love how the plaids work so well.

Leanne Parsons said...

They look great! Those plaid star points are perfect :)

Linda @ kokaquilts said...

Thanks Lisa!
So happy when it all started to look scrappy and yet still cohesive at the same time!

Jayne Honnold said...

Your stars look wonderful! So colorful and bright! Well done!

dutchcomfort said...

Great mix of fabrics for the stars!

Rachaeldaisy said...

Wonderful stars are lighting up your design wall!! The plaid is the perfect joining fabric. I can see picking fun fabric combos for the stars could be addictive.

pandchintz said...

Look-ing good!! It has that real vintage-y feel.

Kate said...

Great mix of scraps. Have fun!