I am making good progress on my scrappy Falling Stars. I am even—ahem!—ahead of the sew-along schedule.
I’m past the halfway point of making blocks and couldn’t resist throwing some of them on my design board, just to appreciate the effect created by all that value play.
It’s pretty fabulous, right? What’s so much fun about scrappy projects is appreciating the overall quilt top and then getting really close and seeing the small parts that make it up. Take a look at these ...
There are so many low-volume prints in the background. Really, that’s what instigated me to embark on this project: I have a small drawer full of low-volume scraps, and this project decimated it. I managed to squeak out enough black prints to fulfill the pattern’s requirements, but I did have to purchase some of the brown-grays. And of course, cutting into them creates—you guessed it!—more scraps. Blerg!
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Falling Stars is very pretty! I saw the black stars first then the gray stars, what a beautiful project, happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks look wonderful together! I'm always impressed when I see quilts use low volume prints so well. :)
ReplyDeleteI love your blocks, Michelle! Such interesting prints, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful design, Michelle! And I love the sweet, subtle surprises in your low volume background fabrics.
ReplyDeleteYou make me laugh... buy fabric to make more scraps. That's so true. It's a pretty design, and one I am sure you will make look fabuous.
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