{"id":17402,"date":"2013-03-25T06:52:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T13:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=17402"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:25:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:25:59","slug":"star-sampler-week-2-8-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/star-sampler-week-2-8-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Sampler: Week 2 8″ Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just realized it has been about two weeks since I posted about the Star Sampler. The last post<\/a> was March 10. It is not an abandoned project and I have been working on the blocks. I know the week of March 11 was really busy for me. I had two meetings in the evenings that week and must have gotten off track with writing about the blocks.<\/p>\n

\"Hourglass<\/a>
Hourglass Star v.2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first thing I did last week was redo the Hourglass Star block. The previous version<\/a> didn’t work. I used that great yellow-green dot for the arms and it was too light. I had two of the centers, so I used the same center and just put a Michael Miller Dumb Dot as the arms.<\/p>\n

I think that yellow-green has to be contained on the inside of a block. I think it is too close to the background to work effectively next to it.<\/p>\n

If I keep screwing up blocks. I’ll have a second quilt on the back!<\/p>\n

\"Checkerboard<\/a>
Checkerboard Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I included some of the yellow-green in the Checkerboard Star and you can see how well it does enclosed by other fabrics. I have to keep that in mind as I move forward on the rest of the blocks.<\/p>\n

I saw TFQ’s version<\/a> of this star on Flickr and noticed that she lined up the fabrics she used for the arms so they were the same.<\/p>\n

\"Plaid<\/a>
Plaid Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I like the Plaid star. I like the look of the piecing. I am not 100% on board with the fabrics I chose, but I don’t dislike them enough to re do the block right at this moment. Also, I chose the colors to go with the Bard of Avon block<\/a>. I didn’t want the Bard of Avon to be sitting out there with these fabrics alone.<\/p>\n

I do love that turquoise I used for the arms, though. It is hand-dyed or some kind of special surface design by Stitch ‘n Dye fabrics. It is a very special fabric, but I thought I might as well use it. I am pleased with how it looks with the other fabrics.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a>
Austin Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Someone pointed out on Twitter that the Austin Star block looks really different from the others. The squares in the corner are quite prominent. They enhance the X effect of the block. I haven’t decided if this rendition of this block will make the cut for the final quilt. It is a little on the dark side. I know there is another block similar in layout that might make this work.<\/p>\n

\"Basic<\/a>
Basic Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am playing with lavender\/purples since I ran out of that perfect lavender with white dots by Lakehouse. This one is pretty good since there are a number of different dots made up of different colors.<\/p>\n

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I am really enjoying working on this project with someone else. Seeing the placement of fabric and fabric choices some one else makes is so interesting. It also inspires me to think a little differently.<\/p>\n

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I just realized it has been about two weeks since I posted about the Star Sampler. The last post was March 10. It is not an abandoned project and I have been working on the blocks. I know the week of March 11 was really busy for me. I had two meetings in the evenings … Continue reading “Star Sampler: Week 2 8″ Blocks”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[349,199,362],"class_list":["post-17402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-blocks","tag-star-sampler","tag-works-in-progress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}