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I actually like this. It has a shabby chic look. Just keep your two sides with good contrast and I think it will finish great.

It is hard to keep going when you think the project is failing. If we all stopped at that point in our lives we would not have most of the beautiful art we have in the world.

You will work your way through it and either put it aside and do something more to your liking or find a way to make it work.

IMHO, all my favorite quilts are the ones I didn't give up on.
peace

toverly

It's all a matter of preference. I personally would use the same solid color on all the blocks and then use scraps for the contrasting color. To me the constant will pull the fabric together. Others like a true scrappy and end up with a random look. If your minds eye is questioning, maybe put 4 together as you are going then 4 together with a constant fabric. Then it will be easier to decide which you like the best.

rj.neihart

I agree with you on this one - with all 16 blocks needing to be of same fabric - it will make that star "POP"

twinkie

I think that your hunters star squares will turn out good. What size will the finished square be. I just made my first hunters star blocks out of scraps. They are 7" square and are going to be cornerstone blocks for my scrappy quilt.
Each star has over 50 pieces of fabric in them. Don't know if they will look good. Maybe I will post a thread about mine. lol.

Are you going to make an entire quilt out of these stars? If so, perhaps you can use more contrasting colors in other squares. Good luck.

Kris P

You might like to take a look at the MSQC's Hunter Star tutorial. This is the tutorial and pattern that I used... same method, but you end up making 2 different blocks... The star blocks and then a simple 4 patch and alternating them. I used tans and beiges in place of white, and controlled the colors to rich earthy/jewel tones. https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=u...quilt+tutorial
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/535083999458886205/

jlarke

Take a look at your fabric choices with no distraction of color. I think Hunter's Star looks best with high contrast.

Maureen

I used the rapid fire Hunter Star ruler and two good contrasting colors[ATTACH=CONFIG]555102[/ATTACH]

Onebyone

Hunter Star needs stark contrast. None of the three block pieces you show have enough contrast. It's too much work to make this block and then not be able to see the stars.

Prism99

Low-volume can be beautiful. However, for Hunter's Star I think you still need some contrast. For low-volume you could do light/medium or medium/dark. It's just that, at least for me, medium/medium does not work for this pattern.

MadQuilter

Just like the others have said: Your fabrics are too blendy and don't have enough contrast. Now I could see it if it were just 2 colors, but with a scrappy approach, it will look a bit muddled.