This is a 12 x 12 block. I still have a bunch of 12 inch (finished) blocks from the old quilt, so even though I really like Pat's block with it's 'birds in the air' and 'hourglass' units, I'm going to sub in this Shooting Star block.
The remaining blocks actually have almost a half dozen 'stars' with potential to go into the top; the rest will find a place on the pieced backing. Most of them, though, have quite a bit of the bright rose solid that I'm trying to minimize in the top. This one uses the bright rose print and one of the 'Bonnie Hunter neutrals' that hasn't seen much use. I'm trying to use the 'minor fabrics' at lease three places in the top so that they don't look quite as much like an afterthought.
Star blocks are a theme in this quilt, which is one of the things that drew me to the design and layout. Since the original quilt class was a gift from my late husband and with Walt being an amateur astronomer, stars are so appropriate. Other star blocks so far: Block 2 - night into day star*, Block 15 - precious fabric* and there are a couple more to come.
Side note: This week's 'basement box' yielded the notebooks from the original class. The self-published paperback "Your First Quilt...and More" by Virginia Robertson was the main book for the class. A glimpse of it above.
The Solstice Quilt on Pat Sloan's blog with the blocks and layout.
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The remaining blocks actually have almost a half dozen 'stars' with potential to go into the top; the rest will find a place on the pieced backing. Most of them, though, have quite a bit of the bright rose solid that I'm trying to minimize in the top. This one uses the bright rose print and one of the 'Bonnie Hunter neutrals' that hasn't seen much use. I'm trying to use the 'minor fabrics' at lease three places in the top so that they don't look quite as much like an afterthought.
Star blocks are a theme in this quilt, which is one of the things that drew me to the design and layout. Since the original quilt class was a gift from my late husband and with Walt being an amateur astronomer, stars are so appropriate. Other star blocks so far: Block 2 - night into day star*, Block 15 - precious fabric* and there are a couple more to come.
Side note: This week's 'basement box' yielded the notebooks from the original class. The self-published paperback "Your First Quilt...and More" by Virginia Robertson was the main book for the class. A glimpse of it above.
The Solstice Quilt on Pat Sloan's blog with the blocks and layout.
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