Iceblossom

Here we go -- as already mentioned when I opened the box and saw Reba's center I went Squeee! Shiny!! And then I saw that she had included quite a bit of fabric and the next thought was "I want to play with the silver fabric". And "stars I see stars".

I tried some bigger stars, too clunky next to the center. I tried some fancier stars, they did not play nicely. So I settled on this size. Originally I was going to place them flat, but everything I tried either the silver tried to take over (btw, it plays very nicely with the hot iron and other fabrics) or it was too rigid and structured and the inner star was yearning to be freed.

Going diagonally meant I had to increase the original 15" center to 18", while I could have floated it, I wanted to acknowledge that original block with the cornerstones. I really tried to stay within the 6" total and will be mindful in future rounds. Current finished dimension is 30" square.

I only added two of my own fabrics, the pink stars are from a companion fabric in the same line as the greens provided by Reba on either side, and the darker "tealy" blue -- I think I used to know a name for that shade but it is a bit off from standard colors.

I really like working with metallic fabrics and was surprised to find so many of my friends didn't. The center stars are all non-embellished fabrics to transition out that way -- or there is still a lot more of the shiny stuff to play with, It's a fun package!