Only stars to show this week — I seem to alternate between stars and flowers. Hop over and see Steffi’s pretty star and 2 flowers, one of which is fussy cut.
Originally I was going to make all my flowers and stars with a yellow center. However, I really wanted to use some yellow print hexagons in sets of 12 cut by a long-ago quilter. Since these yellows are so close to the color of my centers, I’ve decided to make all the yellow flowers have orange centers. It looks a bit odd on this star, but I think it will be fine once the top is sewn together since the quilt is so scrappy anyway. Also, I’m going to use a fair amount of that vintage orange solid in the other stars and flowers which should make it blend in a little better.
I gave away all my reproduction 30’s prints several years ago. I keep thinking I will start purchasing some as I have renewed interest but have not made a stab at it. Your parts are coming together well.
Oh my! They are so sweet!!!
’30’s prints always look so happy to me – and these stars, well they are simply joyous!
I’m making the same star in 1840’s repros for the centre medallion of a quilt, with one more round of hexagons, I’ll take a photo tonight to post. Hexxies are so addictive.
No, I don’t think it looks odd – I think the orange will give the quilt a nice punch. It also brings out the yellow/orange in the outer fabric.
I think it looks just fine – it’s going to add a lot of interest to the entire quilt. These are really wonderful, you are SO precise in your work – I’m just in awe!
My heart skips a beat every time I look at your beautiful hexie creations!! Keep up the good work.
Blessings,
Pam
The contrasting colors are really fun and the orange looks sweet. I think it’ll add more interest to these cheerful stars. Great work, Martha!