Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Twinkle, Twinkle

February's bee blocks both happened to be stars. For the Stash Bee, Em at Sewing by Moonlight requested any star using the colors green, blue and/or aqua and a non-white neutral background. I broke out my copy of Carol Doak's 50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars and put it to work.



Suzy of the Hope Circle of do. Good Stitches asked for Starflower blocks following the tutorial at Ellison Lane. A nice benefit is that the tutorial results in two identical blocks. Instead of using a white background, Suzy had us use a text print, which created a nice effect.


I'm linking up with:

























Fort Worth Fabric Studio Blog




























Creations by Nina-Marie







13 comments:

  1. Wonderful job paper piecing. I have Carol Doak's Mariner Stars book, but haven't tried it yet. I don't know what I'm waiting for.

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  2. Hi Afton,
    I am not much of a piecer, but I really like the design of the green and white star - that caught my eye - very unusual and quirky.

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  3. Ah! The paper pieced star is awesome! And I love the rainbow/text stars - reminds me of something Eric Carle-esque. Great work : )

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  4. Afton both of those blocks are really great, especially that paper pieced star---it is a really interesting design!

    Would love for you to stop by and link this up to Fabric Frenzy Friday!
    -Lindsey
    Fabric Frenzy Friday

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  5. Sew perfect! Love the primary colors with the Suess words! I was a teacher and stayed home 13 years with my three boys, now they are teens and I sub. Enjoy!!!!

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  6. I like both stars, but the green one is special! Too bad I don't like to paper piece--I'll not be following in your footsteps.

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  7. Gosh that Carol Doak's star looks really tricky - very effective, well done!

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  8. The paper pieced star looks tricky alright, it looks great. Thanks for linking up.

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  9. These are cool. I like star blocks.

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  10. I love text fabric especially when paired with brights!

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  11. Pretty stars, Afton! I really like the paper pieced one - so different!!

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  12. I like both of these. Thanks for the links too, now I want to see what that's all about because I need ANOTHER project!
    LeeAnna Paylor
    Not Afraid of Color!
    lapaylor.blogspot.com

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