If you recall, I got a wild hair last week to do something with the EPP stars I've been making for a year or more. As if I don't have enough projects going on, right? I should be finishing a UFO. But this will be a fast project, and I'm telling myself it will be an easy Christmas gift too. This week I finished appliqueing the stars onto blocks and this morning, I joined the blocks and rows to finish the quilt center. It's a gray day today, so even with a flash, these pictures are too dark. Sorry about that.
The center looks a little sparse at the moment. I made some smaller star segments to use on the border but wondered what it would look like to have small stars mixed with the larger ones. I think it's too busy, but then I like simple. I'm also not sure I have anymore paisley-ish scraps to make any more. What do you think?
Linking to:
ScrapHappy Saturday at soscrappy
DrEAMi! (Stands for Drop Everything And Make It) at Musings of a Menopausal Melon
With the smaller stars, the empty space is filled nicely. Without the small stars, there is room for additional quilting details. The choice is totally up to you and/or what your quilt wants. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Those were my thoughts too. I might try a smaller star or another design between the large stars and see if I like it better too.
DeleteI like the smaller stars, but you do additional quilting too. It will look great either way.
ReplyDeleteI like it too, but the smaller stars still seem too big. I think I'm going to hold off until I get the borders on and then see what it looks like.
DeleteYour stars look great on the grey background.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I like that background too.
DeleteI really like the mini stars. They add a nice break between the bigger stars.
ReplyDeleteI'm really torn, mainly because I dread making more mini stars. lol
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