Tag: Sunshine and Shadow Starburst

I was pulling out more homespun woven plaid fabrics to make my trees when I spotted the one I used in this block. It seemed to want to coordinate with a red, so I picked that one out pretty quickly. There is some green in this fabric too, but since I just did a block… Continue reading Red and brown starburst

Sometimes I think one set of fabrics will work together, and once I get them cut out and ready to sew, they just really don’t. That was the case with this block. When I saw the original fabrics laid out, the block just fell flat, so it was back to the drawing board. For some… Continue reading Not the original concept

I really like this one. That navy fabric is hard to capture on camera, but it’s so rich. I think I need to make a green one and a purple one next, if I can find the right plaids in my stash. This one is a combination of old and new scraps.

After I finished putting this block together, I realized that I had made another in similar colors, but not exactly the same. I suppose that I’m bound to use a lot of the same colorways as I work my way through making 30 blocks. Here was the previous similar one: In the new block, all… Continue reading Similar, but not the same

I had been eyeing the plaid for this version of the Sunshine and Shadow Starburst block, and pulled out some pink fabric from the scrap bin that I thought would coordinate nicely. When I got to the turquoise/teals, though, I went in a little different direction than I originally intended. So the interior of the… Continue reading Starburst diversion