Stars Out of Control Part 2

These stars that cover the whole quilt top often work really well.

Even when the sewing is a bit problematic the graphic impact saves the quilt.

You can see why everybody wants to make one---at least one.

When the graphics work they are impressive.

But sometimes stitchers bite off more than they can chew.

I showed seven-pointed stars in an earlier post.

Click here:

http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2010/10/out-of-control.html

It's surprising how common seven-pointed stars are.

The six-pointed stars seem to have been planned,

as there's a long tradition of six-pointed stars.

Here's one from about 1840.

She might have planned it as a seven pointed star.

And here's the extra point.

The one-pointed star?

There's so much that can go wrong.

Gravity

From the collection of the American Folk Art Museum.

See information about their current exhibits here:

http://www.folkartmuseum.org/index.php?p=folk&id=6518 

This one belongs to Deb Rowden.

 It's the star (so to speak) of her collection of

Thrift Shop Quilts.

See her blog Thrift Shop Quilts by clicking here:

http://debrowden.blogspot.com/