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Wednesday, 20 March 2024

a star a day


I'm making lots of stars, fun stars with just enough wonkiness.
One star a day, or more if time permits ...







and down on the design floor ...



Stars Upon Stars WiP:
  • Digging deep in my stash of early fabrics to get that vintage feeling, putting all sorts together, including shirting fabric, old reproduction fabrics, a little Liberty, leftovers from a vintage sheet, and lots of other scraps.
  • Machine pieced, 14 more wonky stars to go.
  • Pattern from Jolene's book "a year of quilts" and there's a free wonky star pattern on her blog @blueelephantstitches, thanks for sharing, Jolene.



13 comments:

  1. So cute. I printed off her wonky star pattern and made one so far to use in the sky of a tiny house quilt . I plan on making more for a quilt of their own.

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  2. I love your stars. And Jolene’s pattern is perfect. I made a bunch of these stars last year.

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  3. Exciting! Stars within a star, very classic and wonky/spicy.
    Orange is warm and vibrant, lovely.

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  4. Love the scrappy playful look of these.

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  5. A star a day keeps the darkness away. And since your stars are in such warm and happy colors, I am really loving them.

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  6. What size are your wonky star blocks. I could not find the tutorial. Just looking for final block size.

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  7. Absolutely lovely! As alway Ii love your colours and fabrics. I would love to come round to your house and look at your wonderful stash! And stars are my absolute favourite.

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  8. Hi Jackie,
    Check back to Jolene’s post Star Hollow Quilt (choosing the fabrics) (@blueelephantstitches.com)
    Jolene’s pattern - which you can get for free up if you click on her R)hand sidebar, “follow my blog and get this free pattern” – is very easy.
    Cut 3 ½” squares for the backgrounds and 3” for the stars. The blocks finish at 9 ½”.

    Cheers, Linda

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  9. I love wonky stars ever since I came across them in the very early Gwen Marston books. These are beauties!

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  10. These are looking very sweet especially in this color palette! Such a beautiful blending.:)

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  11. What a great daily challenge! A wonky star a day is more doable (I'd think) than precisely piecing a star a day. And your color palette is so fun! Actually, I think I like it so much because it's similar to the colors I'm using to piece 152 blocks (who's counting, right?!) for my Glitter quilt. I'm happy to see you're having fun with this.

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  12. I am loving your stars. All are a delight.

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  13. Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your posts. And your past finishes are always a source of inspiration!

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