half of a lone star---into a quilt?
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half of a lone star---into a quilt?
On a recent trip to local thrift store I bought a bag of fabric. Inside was a fully pieced HALF of a lone star! It measures over 48" from point to point. My question is this--has anyone ever appliqued a HALF of a lone star onto background fabric and made a quilt?
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I think it would look pretty great to applique it to a piece of fabric with the straight edge of the star against the straight edge of the background and the star going out toward the middle, with maybe 1/3 of background showing. Hope this makes sense.
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If you appliqué it with the points toward the top of the quilt, it would look like a sunrise. Just build the rest of the quilt around it. It could also be part of a modern quilt with lots of empty space in the quilt. Make a couple smaller half lone stars and distribute them randomly. Modern is a twist on an old standard; it would certainly be that.
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There are such good ideas here. The creativity on this board helps all of us. A couple of other places the half could go is as a curtain valance, or on a mantle above a fireplace or a sofa table cover. I like the idea of the bed runner too. Modern sounds good. Could you post a picture for us to see the colors you will be working with?
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Here is one I had saved on Pinterest. It is a tutorial for making one but you can see what half a lone star looks like
http://betteroffthread.com/2012/08/1...torial-part-1/
http://betteroffthread.com/2012/08/1...torial-part-1/
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