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03/13/2014

Fabri-Quilt Star Block Blog Hop

I was thrilled to be asked to participate in Fabri-Quilt's Star Block Blog Hop. 

I had just completed a quilt using the luscious Venetian line by Ro Gregg for Fabri-Quilt, so any excuse to work with this terrific line again was a good great excuse to me!  (More about the quilt later - it will be appearing in Quilter's Newsletter - so stay tuned....so to speak)

First task - come up with a star block.  A unique star block.  A 12" unique star block.  Not the toughest task - on the surface.  I mean, who doesn't love stars?  Right?  And yet......

But I did some up with one, finally.  Picture hours of agonizing time in front of the computer, drafting, drawing, discarding.  And laugh - it wasn't really THAT bad!  Just building up to the.....REVEAL!

Fabriquilt Star Block BH Finished block

Anyone that knows me knows I love the effect of weaving in quilt blocks - so I took the classic Ohio Star block, inserted a framed block, and added stips into the points to achieve the effect of woven ribbon in a star.  With absolutely NO thought to piecing.

So how would you piece this?  Templates?  Paper piecing?  All were considered - and discarded.  I wanted this to be simple - rotary cutting, straight piecing.  Nothing fancy.

And - I did it!  The instructions (my fav kind - visual!) are on Fabri-Quilt's blog.  And you can see the other blocks (there will be 9 total) on the blog as well. I hope you'll join in the fun, and create your own stellar (get it - star blocks - stellar......) quilt!  And if you do, I'd love to have you share your version on my Facebook page.

Now - a bit of confession.  I designed the block.  A few weeks passed.  The fabrics were shipped.  I pulled up the file - and.....yeah.....I pulled up the WRONG block.  Yikes.  Did I realize that at the time?  No.....not until I'd made ALL the pictures and was getting ready to write the instructions.....urgh.

FabriQuilt Star Blog Hop Opps block
Opps - wrong block!

What a difference color placement makes, huh?  Yeah.  So.....lemonade in the lemons....I got a chance to double check my notes and instructions.  Because I got to make the block again - the correct way!  Good news - I had enough fabric.  And my notes were dead on!  Yippee!!!

Have fun!  Enjoy the block blog hop!  And, as always, happy stitching!

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