Saturday 4 February 2023

The Bluest Saturday

(I know it is now Pink month but this was to be posted two weeks ago.)


Lots of projects to choose from but I'm stuck on this one.

Irish Star blocks: love making these little stars. 

I need to make a few alternate blocks too otherwise there will be too many to do at the end and I might get bored. 

Someone commented that I have a lot of projects with solid-coloured fabric. It made me look at my projects differently and an idea popped up. 
The only project that I have with only solid-coloured fabrics is the Buckeye Beauty variant. 

The idea is to add a border of tone-on-tone blocks. It might just bring it to a decent size. Thanks, Linda for the inspiration. 

I don't seem to have a lot of tone-on-tone blues but managed to make four. 

The bright blue one might not get into the quilt but I'll see how it plays once I have more blocks done. 


Most of my sewing time was spent cutting squares for Twinkling Scrap Star (Galaxy Star). Should I sew them into HSTs now or do it at the retreat? 

9-Patch, anyone? 

On to Pink. 
Have a great scrappy week. 
;^)

More wonderful projects are linked on these blogs:
Angela at So Scrappy 
Frédérique for Patchwork and Quilts
Cynthia for Oh Scrap! 



10 comments:

The Joyful Quilter said...

Great job finishing up BLUE, Chantal!! You will be pleased to know that I also made a block for the RSC this week. I wonder what it could be? :P

Kat Scribner said...

You have a great collection of blocks! That scrappy star quilt is always a stunner.

Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork Appliqué said...

Elles sont belles tes étoiles ! J'adore Buckeye Beauty aussi.
Tu n'es pas trop dans la tempête actuellement, avec ces températures effrayantes ?

Fiona said...

Lots of great blocks with the blues. I do love those stars with the extra interest of a block in the corners.
Hugz

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

I love your Irish Star blocks and the 25 patches that alternate between them. That will be a beautiful quilt!

Astrid said...

Pretty Irish Star blocks, works well with the 25 patches. Beautiful Buckeye Beauty, and blocks too.

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

Those Irish stars are so pretty!

Lin said...

Those stars really are pretty. xx

TerryKnott.blogspot.com said...

Your blue stars are so pretty!

Angie in SoCal said...

Nice projects all! Makes me want to start another scrappy one.
BLessings,