I put together my June do.Good Stitches blocks recently, and I think blocks like these would make an awesome Fourth of July quilt! I'm kind of tempted to make one now for next year. Who knows if it will actually happen.
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wonky stars.
7.05.2012
To those of you in the US, I hope you all had a great 4th of July! Ours was alright, it was hot and humid and we ended up getting a big storm last night and didn't see the fireworks. We did get to see some on the 3rd though, so all was well.
I put together my June do.Good Stitches blocks recently, and I think blocks like these would make an awesome Fourth of July quilt! I'm kind of tempted to make one now for next year. Who knows if it will actually happen.
I was originally inspired by this block, but ended up adding the star points so the inner square was not set on point. Obviously I opted for a much more wonky version of a star as well, and I'm really happy with how they turned out.
The block below was actually my first block, and when I went to square it up I was short by a measly 1/4" on one side! So I cut off an extra inch or so and added a strip of the arrow print (Michelle Engel Bencsko's The Banks print in Ocean).
These blocks are headed off to Lyanna, but they've definitely left me wanting to make more wonky stars soon!
I put together my June do.Good Stitches blocks recently, and I think blocks like these would make an awesome Fourth of July quilt! I'm kind of tempted to make one now for next year. Who knows if it will actually happen.
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They are fabulous, Holly!
ReplyDeleteThese are great and I love the color choices!
ReplyDelete- Katie Fleming
Kate Michelle Designs
Holly, I love, love, love these blocks! I just had the same thing happen to me squaring up my blocks, and I was off. So sad.
ReplyDeleteVery nice blocks! The added strip on the last block is great. It would be nice to do a whole quilt with blocks like that!
ReplyDeleteI love these! I have been wanting to try some wonky stars and I think you just inspired me to do so. Great job and I love the color combos!
ReplyDeleteI like how the points of your stars are different from the inspiration star...I never would have though to make them wonky that way -- it's a really cool look.
ReplyDeletelove those blocks!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these! Adding the border around the center white square is such a great idea before adding the points and I love how wonky they are!
ReplyDeleteThose are very pretty blocks. Love the colors and patterns you've chosen as well. Will have to check out the finished quilt later on.
ReplyDeleteI love how you cut away then added that extra strip to square the block up, great tip :)
ReplyDeleteoh holly! they are beautiful! love love love them! xo
ReplyDeleteI love these blocks, and the colors you used!
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