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Clue #12 is Starburst Wedge Star and Another Round is Revealed!

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  Clue #12 is Starburst Wedge Star and Another Round is Revealed! We are back to using the Wedge Star ruler to make this fantastic Starburst Wedge Star.  We will be making (4) of them and I have some great tips below. Plus, it is time to put together our B Borders and add them to the Quilt Center! Starflower Christmas Version with Round B Curated Kaffe Version with Round B Fabric Selection Let's talk fabric selection, you may be surprised with my fabric selection.  I'm going with the variegated for my Starflower Christmas. Note for both selections, I'm using the same dark used in Clues 1 and 6 . Then a medium scale print for my Medium-Dark and a large floral for my Medium.   Cutting  We are going to cut Small Wedges,  to be put together into Half Diamonds. I did take some time and removed a few that had too much white (Starflower Christmas) and too light green (Kaffe).  Since I got 30 Wedges from (2) Strips, I was able to cut a few extra, from the...

Clue #11 is Combination Star

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Well, we are moving along pretty quickly, or at least it seems to me.  We had our first frost at my house in CT and the holiday ads are already running on tv.  With next week's clue we will be 2/3rd of the way through our Holiday Sensation Mystery Quilt.  There will be some fabulous reveals. so stay tuned. This week, we are on Block 11 and it is Sensation Star!  We will be making three different units, all with the Tucker Trimmer. For Clue #11's fabric selection, I re-used some of the fabric, in my Starflower Christmas fabric.  Especially, the Light. I used the same Light fabric as I did in Clues 1and 3.   However, for my Kaffe Curated fabric selection, I changed my Light, since I've basically used most of that fabric. I made sure to select a Light that I has more than half of the Fat Quarter left, as I will need it going forward.  Unit A is a Combination Unit and you will want to take your time when marking the lines on the back of your  Bac...