and taking part in Melissa's Star Surround Quilt-A-Long.
Both of these designs have a large block feel to it with a star at the centre. Having this in mind and the need to come up with a Bee Block (I'm not Queen Bee until next June but there's no harm in starting early!) I came up with this over the weekend.
I've had a look and can't find it as a traditional block. If anyone knows this please let me know but for the moment I'm calling it Star Crossing. It's too big to use for my Bee Block (max size 14") but perfect for a baby quilt or a throw.
Of course I had to test it straight away. So instead of sewing together Swoon and Star Surround I pieced the HST and Flying Geese for this and laid it our on my design wall (aka the floor). Charly helped enormously by keeping a watch at the window for Wilbur the Wrecker (aka the Happy Basset Hound).
I think the navy Kona solid is too dark for the pastels I've used. Maybe a brighter blue would have been better. Question : should I change it now or try to lift it with a bright thread on quilting?
This was a very quick put together for a baby quilt and I think I'll write it up as a pattern. It goes together very much like Swoon and the colour variations and size options are endless! With pinwheel or without pinwheel it works quite well.
Funny how you get an idea in your head and the things that influence it. So now I have 3 stars projects in pieces that I will work on putting together this week!
Linking up to Slow Boggers Linky Party, Design wall monday and
Star crossing is gorgeous! What a great quilt it will make. I actually like the navy, it has great contrast.
ReplyDeleteI love this block!! Looks like an original to me :)
ReplyDeleteWow you have been busy! You could use a navy and white striped fabric for the binding to tie in with the navy squares?
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun block! I'm down to my last two swoon blocks...they are a lot of work but so pretty!
ReplyDeletewow, that is a big block, great design though! Do you just use one block as a quilt?
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