Batik Stars

I've never really used my Sizzix much for quilting, mainly because most of their quilt templates are for applique, though they are producing more piecing templates now.

Accucut have put out a whole range aimed at quilters. I can't really justify buying another machine, but one of the members of my Guild has one and let me borrow it. I was keen because there was one die I really wanted to use, Blazing Star.

I had to make it hard on myself by wanting to reverse the pattern, I wanted the dark on the left rather than the right of the pattern.

I decided to use the batiks I'd been collecting. I am really happy with how they turned out. I've got a heap of pieces cut out. I just need to sit down and decide on pairings.

For such a complicated looking block, it goes together really easily and without having to be super careful about accuracy. I can't wait to do some more.

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Block-A-Day 23 - Batik Star

Just after Christmas I ordered two Sizzix machine piecing quilt dies - Pinwheel and Iscoceles Triangle. They were out of the triangle, so I had to wait for it. It arrived this week. I am in love. It was sooo easy to use and accurate without any effort.

I've been buying quite a few Batiks recently, with no real plan in mind. I thought this might be a good project to use them with. The thing about this particular quilt block is that it is so versatile. You can us it to make this sort of star or turn it up the other way and have the thin triangles on the sides as the points. Or reverse lights and darks for yet another version.

The last piece in the image above is the reverse side of the block.

I have a pile of scraps at the moment. I am going to sew them together into larger scraps and then use this to make some blocks. Then they can go into donations quilts. I'm going to use the Pinwheel die as well for the same thing.

BTW, on one of my quilting email lists there has been alot of discussion about scraps and some confessions - with people admitting to throwing out bags of scraps. Now I can understand this, sometimes it becomes too much to deal with. But if there is anyone in Australia who wants to get rid of your scraps, I'm happy to send a pre-paid, pre-addressed parcel post bag to you which you can fill with scraps and send back to me. They will then be put to good use!! Guilt free.

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