THE FWS PONY CLUB Quilt-Along Week 14 Crystal Star & Dakota Star Photo Page
 

Crystal Star was very easy for me..I didn't really have a good focus fabric in blue for the star center so I improvised. Dakota star was another story...I didn't like the allover print in the smaller triangles so I fussy cut the hats and I think, no, I know it's too too too....it's staying that way. I wanted the hats to go around every other color...didn't pay attention to the order and sewed them all wrong...Had to take the whole block apart and re-sew it. OHHHHHHHHHHH for the fussy cutting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like both of them a lot. Don't be so hard on yourself, Anne (I think we all are like that though). The colors are great and have great contrast; and of course you didn't lose one point!

I like your blocks Anne! And as Jan said, you didn't lose a point :D

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I see now I used the same blue fabric in both blocks so now it looks as if it's one block:cool:

Beautiful blocks, ladies. [ATTACH=CONFIG]326869[/ATTACH] Crystal Star. Dakota Star has escaped and is on the loose. Forming up a posse to go look where he might be lost!!!.

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There is so much variety that gives such different looks to the blocks. I love what everyone has done this week.

I made these blocks several weeks apart and didn't realize, like Aneal that I used the same blue in both blocks. Oh well.

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WOW! What a great group of blocks. I can't wait to see what others have done.

Yuck, I didn't win in Bingo tonite.....I didn't have to cause I see a whole bunch of winners right here!!!
Ladies....are we good ??? Yeah...we are!!! Great blocks all of you... H.

Beautiful blocks! QNS I love your starry fabric :D And Janie and QuiltE, great fuzzy cutting!

Next week..........the curves are doable as long as you mark the 1/4" seam and sew slowly. And of course there's always applique instead of sewing :D

Great blocks ladies-I love Wednesday mornings. So much to see.
Anael, your blocks are so soft and pretty.
QNS, great color contrast in both blocks. Love all the stars.
Janie, your blocks are so pretty and love the fussy cut center in the star.
QE, you pick great color combos.

Honchey...what a great job of fussy cutting. Sorry about the Froggie but you got it right in the end!

Anael...I love the blue you used...and then the green star really pops showing off the beautiful flower in the center!

QNSue...all those stars! They work together wonderfully.

JanieW...I looked close and saw the print in the Dakota Star. So fitting and shows off the main color so nicely and then to use that color for an accent in the other block. It works great.

QuiltE...nice fussy cuttings. I'm sure glad you put the barbed wire in the center of the Dakota Star so no one gets caught on it. As a kid I hated getting through those barbed wire fences since I got caught more than once.

Time to finish my morning coffee and get my blocks posted. The temp got down to 27 degrees F according to the radio report. I'll have to walk up to the garden and what survived.

Here are my blocks for the week. I'll have to redo the Crystal Star since I mistakenly thought my templates would make it 8 1/2 finished block but alas it's 9 inches and cutting it down just wouldn't work. Both blocks were made with fabrics that I had continually passed over because I just didn't like them...didn't know what possessed me to bring them home...but they worked! I hope in my comments in another thread about fabric colors being pretty forgiving that I didn't sound like I had it all figured out. I get surprised very often. I just ripped apart a Carpenter's Star because it just didn't work like it should have.

I've never seen so many fabulous fabrics as are on this site this week! And their use is wonderful......I am almost embarrassed to show mine.....they seem "blah" next to all yours......I really, really want some new "cowboy" stuff...

Anael...I keep meaning to tell you that I love your "signature comment". I love cookies and that is so perfect....HeeHee. Makes me smile every time I read it. :)

Ggal, I love your blocks. Your colors are different but in a good way-they'll add a spark to your quilt.

Wendiq, great fussy cutting in the Crystal Star--your block sums up the Pony Quilt. Great blocks.

How about some bling?

What fun to see everyone's blocks this week.

Honchey, beautiful crystal star, love that plum color in the middle. Your hats look great!!! So cute! Great job on both!
anael, that's so neat the way you combined the two blocks. The blue is gorgeous, nice job!

QuiltingNinasue, what great fabrics you chose in CS and I love what you did with DS by using three colors. It gives it a whole different look, great job!

JanieW, great fabric in each block. Love that shade of blue. Really like the subtle blue and white farm scene. Your work looks perfect on both!!

QuiltE, ooh, both blocks look wonderful, very very nice contrast and colors. Great job as always!

gardnergal970, the fabric in both blocks works wonderfully well. I've been surprised myself at how fabrics I don't like work and the ones I think will work don't. Great job on both!

wendiq, your blocks are anything but "blah", they're lovely!! Very cute fabric and beautiful colors. Great job on both!!

Well, here are mine. Talk about not knowing if fabrics will work or not. My CS is ok but not as good as I thought it would be.

Here are mine for the week!

GREAT BLOCKS ALL :D

JanRN., somehow I missed you. Maybe we were posting at the same time again. You have beautiful rose fabric and the moon and the stars. Great job on both!!

deranged damsel, nice job, the blocks will look great together!!

Wendig...it isn't always the fabric but the workmanship although your fabrics are nothing to hang your head about. I like your blocks...great fussy cutting.

JanR...you really blinged us. That rose took my breath away and what better for a star than a nighttime sky.

Termi..those bees look like they really would enjoy the sweet strawberries. Great fabric. And then the lines in the star are perfect. That's not easy so well done.

Deranged...I like the blue and white. Well done.

I agree with an earlier post...Wednesday's are wonderful for all of the beauty we get to share. I so appreciate being able to be a part of this group.

Termi, I love the colors you're using. And you really nailed all those points!

DD-love the blue and white; reminds me of a delft tile. Are you hand-piecing these? Very pretty.

thanks all for the compliments:D I wish I was doing novelty prints like most of you! they are just wonderful, it is always an adverture to see what yall will think up next!

Jan, this time I am machine sewing, today I finally finished A Beauty, that one I hand sewed and it is MUCH larger than all of the rest... sigh! I may have to redo it :D

I did it! I finished these 2 blocks. I made my Dakota Star different. I also did Country Lanes & County Fair. I'll post 'em in their proper threads.:)
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[QUOTE=dublb;5134355]I did it! I finished these 2 blocks. I made my Dakota Star different. I also did Country Lanes & County Fair. I'll post 'em in their proper threads.:)


Your D Star is so striking and you got all of the stripes in harmony. Wow! Love the C Star too.

I love your take on the Dakota Star, Bev-very striking. Great job on both blocks.

Bling! Terrific fussy cutting! Creative planning! Beautiful stitching! Fun and interesting fabric! Great participation! Ladies, we've got it ALL!!!! :)

dublb, wow, your blocks are stunning, especially Dakota Star!!! The stripes on the inside star are lined up so perfectly. Just beautiful!!

[QUOTE=QuiltE;5134824]There's good and bad news in that JeanieG ... good that we have yours to look forward to in the late edition! Bad in that we have to wait!! Have a great time with the Grands!!! ... Which makes me wonder why you are here on the Boards instead of spending EVERY minute you can with them!!! :) (I know, they're probably tucked in bed!) ... Do you take the RV everywhere?[/QUOTE

We take the RV everywhere we can. I love to have my own bed and privacy! My son's yard accommodates us with full hookups!

I'm late but please forgive me as I am truly having a bad week.

It all started with my offer of a piece of fabric to a friend so she could finish the final side border on a quilt (she was only short about 20 inches). Well she rang me to inform me she was buying the fabric from me and when I asked that she only use what she needed she told me that she had cut it all up. Guess how much fabric I gave her to cut her 20 odd inches from ------drum roll ------ 4 1/2 yards. I didn't cut a piece for her as it was a border print.

So all down hill from there, I won't bore you with the details of yesterdays debacle.

Here are my blocks for this week, hope you like them..

With a friend like that, you don't need any enemies, as the old song goes. Or at least that's what a group of guys sang to us in a hotel room where we attended the junior college choir meet in Davenport, Iowa, years ago.

Might have to do something about your loss of material...mmm, I do have some flower print that matches a "border" print, strips of flowers.

Lovely blocks; I love them.