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Old 08-11-2012, 06:32 AM
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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??
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Old 08-11-2012, 06:35 AM
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Annie's Choice, of course!
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Old 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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Old 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]
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Old 08-11-2012, 07:00 AM
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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.
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Old 08-11-2012, 07:10 AM
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Here's some more:
http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/qu...ltpatterns.htm
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Old 08-11-2012, 07:24 AM
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This is my favorite...so far. Tangled Stars.



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
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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.
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I did a star sampler once...it turned out to be one of my favorite quilts:
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Really like your choice of colors used, willfreg.
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