Maple Star quilt blocks

for do. Good Stitches

How is January already more than halfway over? In a mum from time we’ll be into February, and the year will be really-truly underway. I’m excited though about what comes next. In February I get to lead the charity quilt for my local circle of do. Good Stitches. It’s always fun to dream about what we could make together.

But first, the February blocks. In January we are making Maple Star blocks, based on this tutorial at Polkadot Chair. The blocks should be blue and green. Naturally I went straight for my scraps, looking for fun, fussy cuts to feature in the large block centers.

This octopus print was a must. In keeping with a sea theme, I added seaweed green and that watery blue print for the background.

My second block is built around a Tilda Fabric’s tree. I was thrilled to use that white and forest green trellis scrap for the surrounding elements. That particular fabric is a high-contrast low volume fabric, which is a sort of low volume that I struggle to use. I’ve had this scrap in my stash for more than 10 years! At last it’s found a home.

By the way, I read a really interesting blog post by Jodi of Tales of Cloth today about different types of low volume fabrics and how to use them. Highly recommended!

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Tada! The finished blocks. I hope the queen bee will like them.

Hm, I just noticed that my watery background fabric is waving every which way. I hadn’t realized that it was a directional fabric. Oh well, it must be the way the water moves around that octopus. Very dynamic, wink.

When I had finished these blocks, my imagination was caught by the centers. If you remove the flying geese elements and the background fabric, you have a 9-patch square that’s super cute for featuring fussy cuts. I could imagine a quilt full of those as a simple, scrappy sew.

Oh, the endless possibilities of patchwork!