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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Star Light Star Bright

A friend, a quilting blogger, wrote it took her a whole day to make 288 half square triangles as we were sharing our experiences with the Star Light Star Bright Quilt-A-Long being led by Melissa at Happy Quilting. It took me a few hours a day for five days to complete mine.
Center Squares inside of Geese

The first and a quite important step was deciding which fabric mixes were to be used per block. Thank goodness for my design board where I could organize and visualize how the fabric choices and colors worked together. Finally being satisfied I labeled my blocks as:
(Fabric Match defined is the fabric used for the geese per block)

 Fabric 1 + Fabric Match (f1+fm) - 2 squares of each to make 4 HSTs per block

Fabric 2 + Fabric Match (f2+fm) - 2 squares of each to make 4 HSTs per block

Fabric 1 + Background (f1+bg) - 2 squares of each to make 4 HSTs per block

Fabric 2 + Background (f2+bg) 2 squares of each to make 4 HSTs per block

Fabric Match + Background (fm+bg) 8 squares each to make 16 HSTs per block



Tada!

288 HSTs sewn and trimmed!!
Aren't they scrumptious?


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11 comments:

  1. ModernMaterialGirlFebruary 19, 2014 at 4:51 AM

    They are scrumptious! The quilt is going to be beautiful!

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  2. DebraFebruary 19, 2014 at 5:40 AM

    Your HST are wonderful! What method do you use? I just posted my favorite way to make lots of HST on my blog. Would love to know how you made yours - they are perfect.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2014 at 5:56 AM

    Gorgeous!!!!

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  4. Melissa CorryFebruary 19, 2014 at 6:20 AM

    They are just so scrumptious!!! And I love the way you used your design wall to pair up your fabrics. The pairings are so very pretty. I can't wait to see this come together!!

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  5. UnknownFebruary 19, 2014 at 6:58 AM

    Very pretty design and fabrics!

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  6. Andrea @ Mouse in My PocketFebruary 19, 2014 at 8:19 AM

    This is really starting to come along. I love the combinations you came up with.

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  7. Cynthia Brunz DesignsFebruary 19, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    Your quilt is coming along quite nicely! HST week is always the hardest! This week will be far easier.

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  8. Susan at TheBoredZombie.comFebruary 19, 2014 at 5:36 PM

    That's a lot of HSTs! Totally worth it though. :)

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  9. Lorna McMahonFebruary 20, 2014 at 7:00 PM

    Oh, yay! They are sew sweet! Your blocks look great on that design wall, Joanie! LOVE it!

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  10. CherylFebruary 21, 2014 at 4:23 AM

    Beautiful HST! They are very sweet, the quilt is going to be wonderful.

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  11. Kelly @ My Quilt InfatuationFebruary 21, 2014 at 3:42 PM

    I love the versatility of HST's. They can be used so many fun ways. Your stacks are perfectly yummy, for sure!

    I'm so glad you shared at Needle and Thread Thursday!

    :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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