Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Starburst Quilt Along Week 1

I didn’t get a chance to do any sewing the past week because we went on a family vacation to Disney World.  I’m not complaining!  Tonight is the first night since we got back that I got a chance to sit down in my sewing room.  I did want to share this photo I made my husband take of the set on the ride “It’s a Small World.”  I thought the resemblance to Hello Pilgrim by Lizzie House was uncanny!

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So, have you ever heard of the term “goat rope?”   That’s what cutting my fabric for the Starburst QAL was like.  I started with the wrong size fabric, cut some pieces, then realized I didn’t have enough and had to start over picking my fabrics.  It was a downer because I actually did the black-and-white photo value trick when I picked my first set of fabric.

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I was pretty happy that I had a couple different values included in my selection.  I tried to make the top row dark, the middle row medium, and the bottom row light.

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A few fabrics even surprised me!  But when I had to start over and pick new fabric, I just cut without taking the time to do the black-and-white comparison.  So here are my final pieces.

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And now let’s see how I did picking different values.

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It looks like there’s too much dark in the second starburst, so I’ll be switching it up a little before starting to sew it together.  But overall I’m happy how it turned out.  Now I’m pretty much caught up to Week 2. 

Have a great night!

8 comments:

  1. Wow, great that you recognized where the inspiration for this fabric came from. Glad you had a good time there!

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  2. Wow, great that you recognized where the inspiration for this fabric came from. Glad you had a good time there!

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  3. it's a small world after all...
    love your bw pics, I need to do that more

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  4. I have yet to cut into my Starburst QAL fabrics. I need to get a move on.

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  5. Are you still singing the song?

    Love the fabrics for your stars.

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  6. Looks great!! I would agree that switching that second grouping around will even the tones out a bit. Sorry the cutting was a drag. Hope the sewing goes better for you :)

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  7. Thats a drag that you had to start over and re-pick fabrics :( I have not heard about taking a B & W photo to find the values before. Will have to try that out.

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