One fourth of the Hunter’s Star quilt is complete:
I prefer to sew my blocks into quarter sections, rather than row by row.
A slideshow of the stars. I didn’t get them all lined up perfectly when I stacked them and rotary cut them, but I’m still happy with them.
I think 60 degree diamonds make better stars, too, but I was determined to make a Hunter’s Star quilt.
Almost finished with the top:
Borders added!
I like it!
For Hunter’s Star Part 1, click here.
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I caught kaleidoscope fever, and I’ve wanted to create a Hunter’s Star for quite a while now. Why not combine the two?
I purchased the Inklingo Hunter’s Star 9 Inch collection sometime ago. I also received a wonderful design book for free!
I used both Inklingo and Electric Quilt to design my quilt. It isn’t vital to use either one of these programs, but I do love my quilt toys! You can certainly use graph paper and colored pencils.
This paisley is the fabric that I chose for my stars. The white lines are chalk marks…I forgot to take a picture before I started marking fabric repeats.
I’ve cut squares of fabric that I iron onto freezer paper and, using Inklingo, and my printer, will yield lots of diamonds to stitch.
Printed diamond shapes (very little waste here).
All of the fabric printed and ready to rotary cut and sew.
More shapes printed onto fabric that is backed with freezer paper.
Printed, cut and sorted. I’m ready to sew!
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Last week, I shared a few quilt designs using the Anvil quilt block in straight set designs.
This week, I played with the Anvil quilt block on point.
It is a bit boring to me when placed side by side as in the above design.
How about adding one more color and rotating some of the blocks:
That’s better.
Moving color around reveals a couple of odd shaped stars. Do you see them?
I love the arrows in the next design, but I’m not a big fan of those floating pink triangles around the outside edges.
Again, moving color around, rotating some blocks, and adding plain blocks to create a sense of space:
I like the stars in the center, and I like the way the design is framed.
I like it without the stars in the center too:
Last…but not least:
Amazing what one can do with one simple block.
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