Of the fine quilted goods in the tourist trap shops of Lancaster, PA, we've finally figured out how to make these crazy star table toppers.

They sell for $48-$98 (small-large) in the shop. (More professionally done obviously.)

Of course, this thing needs a binding before the whole thing unravels, and I don't know how I'm going to put one on.

These things take up a lot of fabric, and for the larger ones, weigh up to and over a pound! You have to cut these rectangles and then fold them in half and then fold them into the prairie point and arrange them (more carefully than I did) and work your way out using as many colors as want.

I'm going to see if I can finish this one and make one for Fourth of July.

And I have to work full time too.

:lol:

It looks beautiful. Good luck on the binding. I'm sure it will be worth the time when you get done.

That sure is beautiful!!

Kyia

That is certainly an eye-catcher!--(you just may have to find a "sick" day or two to finish that one and make yet another for 4th of July---here in CA, we might refer to that as a mental health day......)

I think it is very pretty! I love the fabrics! :D :D

That sure is pretty! Sounds like a lot of work, but worth it! I love the colors!

Oh my gosh! That is pretty!
No way would I even attempt to do that!

Love the blue and white. Be sure to poat it when you are finished.

my stars that is one nice looking quilt

It looks lovely in the blue & white. When you come to bind it, just treat each corner like you do when you miter a square quilt. I did this butterfly one, and it worked just fine.
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The size of that one is around the size of an average dinner plate.

You'll spend more time picking fabrics for it. You'll spend more time pressing and folding and placing them than you do sewing.

The only sewing you actually do on the thing is just on straight line of stitches to hold each piece down.

All those fabrics I used are scraps from the bottom of my mom's drawers and are a few years old.

Thimblebug, I love your butterfly quilt. How did you do it? That is probably one of the prettiest quilts that I have seen. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks cc, didn't mean to butt into the topic, just wanted to share the binding I used.
The pattern was workshop 5, using colour value wash & hand appliqué by Carol Galloway, in a book compiled by Gail P. Hunt, called Quiltworks across Canada.

The size of a dinner plate - wow! Your piece is lovely! It looks like very intricate work.

wowww....I am glad for you.....really complicated... :D

Really nice.. GREAT JOB!

made many of these. we called them 'radiant stars' years ago. yep, lots of work.