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kedougou 08-11-2012 06:32 AM

what are your favorite star blocks?
 
I am starting to design my next quilt. I am thinking about a star sampler quilt. I know their are patterns out there, but I am wanting to improve my drafting skills, so I am starting this one with a blank piece of paper! I decided on a star sampler, set on point. it will have 18 blocks, so I need 18 different stars. Any ideas? what are your favorite star patterns? I am looking for both simple and complex blocks.
Here is what I have so far...
sawtooth
ohio
lemoyne
friendship

What are your must do stars??

GrannieAnnie 08-11-2012 06:35 AM

Annie's Choice, of course!

burchquilts 08-11-2012 06:44 AM

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Here are some (with pix) from my idea folder: 9-Patch Star & Dolly Madison Star

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burchquilts 08-11-2012 06:53 AM

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And here's one from Quiltville... I think this is called "Slanted Star" tho Bonnie calls it "Smokey Mountain Stars". I love it, whatever the name of it is!!![ATTACH=CONFIG]354891[/ATTACH]

kedougou 08-11-2012 07:00 AM

great ideas! I'd seen the annie's choice before, but didn't know what it was called. That block looks great in two-tone. I am loving the dolly madison! the slanted star in really fun, but I'm not sure how it would look on point.

PaperPrincess 08-11-2012 07:10 AM

Here's some more:
http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/qu...ltpatterns.htm

ghostrider 08-11-2012 07:24 AM

This is my favorite...so far. Tangled Stars.

http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/13/49/59/13/aa_gho10.jpg

Dream Castle Quilts has great free star block patterns. She did a star BOW for 2010 so there's two pages of them.
http://www.dreamcastlequilts.com/?tag=free-pattern

Pieces2 08-11-2012 07:33 AM

I like Judy Martins star quilts. She mixes the sizes of her stars. Cookies 'n' Quilts has a great quilt called
I have a dream, she also has a great one called Star Happy Quilts. These are scrappy quilts and great to use fabrics from your stash. I like her quilts because of the added interest, much better than all the stars being the same size.

willferg 08-11-2012 07:43 AM

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I did a star sampler once...it turned out to be one of my favorite quilts:
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nellybelle 08-11-2012 08:00 AM

Really like your choice of colors used, willfreg.


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