Definitely consider tracing the pieces with a fabric safe marker before cutting to make sure you have enough fabric, particularly if you are fussy cutting your prints. The diamond pieces (Template A) take up a lot of fabric because of their long “arms” so planning ahead is really important. That way, it will be easy to keep track of how many pieces of each print you need and what print goes where in the layout. My first recommendation if you aren’t using the Scamper prints like I did is to assign your prints to the Scamper prints I used in the pattern before you start cutting.
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Please feel free to post pictures in the Star Gazer QAL flickr group.
I can’t wait to see pictures of what everyone is using. If you used a dark blue for the petals, it would look like the night sky. Lighter prints might get washed out a bit if you use a white or cream for the petals, but lighter prints for the diamonds and a darker solid for the petals would look stunning. This pattern is so versatile that any cohesive set of fabrics will look great. The prints with cream backgrounds worked just as well, particularly because they are balanced by the color pints.
I found that the color prints really popped off the cream petals. I just really wanted to show off all of the really cute little details in the fabrics. The original Star Gazer was designed around the nine prints in Birch’s Scamper collection. I know it seems ambitious to combine picking fabrics, cutting and layout in one week but as I was working on my quilt, I couldn’t figure out a way to separate them.
I hope you are excited and ready to get sewing. Hello and welcome to Week One of the Star Gazer QAL.
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