Saturday, January 14, 2012

Rose Star Block Party

Through some blog hopping, I stumbled upon selfsewn's blog and saw her beautiful Rose Star blocks. So, so pretty! She's hosting a block party for these blocks and I thought it would be fun to join in! I still haven't finished my last english paper piecing project, but who says I can't start another one? *wink*

rose star block front

Here's my practice block. I'm surprised how quickly it came together with all those little pieces. This block is 8" across. It seems kinda small, so I may increase the size on my next one. I think I may like the look of a solid fabric center hexagon better too.

I drew the pattern in EQ7. I thought I might be able to find the Rose Star pattern in BlockBase; I didn't find exactly what I was looking for but I found something close that gave me a starting point for drawing.

bb_242

This is block #242 (aka Three Patch) from BlockBase. And it's pretty close to the Rose Star block! So I edited it to the Block Worktable, rotated it 30 degrees (so the middle hexagon would be on a flat edge), and added the needed lines to create the kite patches.

rosestar_draw1

And here it is with some solid colors.

rosestar_draw2

Here's a peak at the back:

rose star block back

I'm excited to make more of these pretty blocks and see the other blocks in block party!

8 comments:

  1. How brilliant, wish I was able to work out how to do that!

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  2. absolutely gorgeous! i just used your template to make my own plastic templates out of a file folder! so excited to try this when i get home from work :D

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  3. I love everything about this! The color are so great! :-)

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  4. Awesome! I'm starting my first block tonight! I can't wait to start, I've only ever done hexagons, I've never ventured into other shapes.

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  5. Ooh what a great post Jenny!
    So glad you found the party!
    I am thinking of making a solid star myself.

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  6. Love this! I'm thinking you could paper piece this with freezer paper, too????

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  7. Your blocks are beautiful! Thank you for showing how you drew it up in EQ.

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  8. Thank you for the head's up on how you used a BB block and then edited in EQ. Very clever ... thank you for sharing how you did it.

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