The Sawtooth Star (which goes way back to the 1860’s apparently) is a very versatile star, it can be made different just by simply changing up the centre. Back in 2019, I made a "little miss sawtooth star" quilt, using a free pattern by Melanie from southerncharmquilts. Like the original, I used a healthy dose of low volumes for the backgrounds and mainly medium value florals. I donated it to Hospice.
I'm thinking I'd like to make another one!
This time around though, I'm going with lots of colour!
I recently bought a length of Anna Maria’s Beata's Garden from her Good Gracious collection, and after using some of it for borders, I still have plenty left to play with! Next up, I pulled fabrics from my stash baskets with similar tones.
I'm using a limited number of "lights" made up of a few pale 'indelible soft' florals from AMParry. Love how all the whitish light bits give the other colours such sparkle.
Well, I had a vague idea of where I was going, however once I started cutting & piecing, each block was a lovely surprise!
Here's my first few stars ...
Ava block #1
Luciana block
Josephine block
Asha block
... ✂️a little fussy-cut fun, love the swimming circle of swans!
Ava block #2
Olivia block
Juliana block
Jada block
Ava block #3
... how clever is that AM Good Gracious fabric 'town meeting' dew
here's how the (makeshift) design wall is looking so far ...
... it's going to be busy & bright ... in the very best way!
Linda
5 comments:
This is going to be a very cheerful quilt
nice variety of fabrics in those star blocks they all look so different from one to the next.
I love sawtooth stars and those are are so pretty, Linda! I like the way you're making each center different. Looking forward to seeing more of these!
A lovely surprise is so right! These blocks are gorgeous, Linda!
All of those blocks are quite simply gorgeous! What a stunning quilt this will be.
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