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Comparing Stars



I've been showing you blocks that I've been making  based on an old quilt I have.  Actually, it's not a quilt.  I think you would call it a coverlet.  The blocks are sewn together and the edges are finished but there is no backing or batting.

Since progress is temporarily stalled, I thought I'd start showing some of the original blocks and my reproductions.  

I think I did pretty good on this block and it's a mixed bag.  

First, the mustard yellow fabric is nearly identical to the old fabric.  The colors are slightly different but otherwise there's no real difference.  That did not happen very often.  I quickly learned that I couldn't be too picky when selecting fabrics.

At the other end of the spectrum is the black fabric with blue flowers that are the star tips.  I couldn't find anything even close and I tried and remained hopeful through the last quilt shop I visited.  I don't know if it was a striped fabric or a border print but I would love to have a yard or so of that fabric to use in other quilts.  Since I didn't, I substituted a one of my darker stripes.  Hello, fabric manufacturers, here's an idea for you next line.

The tan/brown stripes and the background fabric fall in to the category that I call "good enough".  The fabrics aren't the same but they have the same feel in the finished block.

There are many interesting stripes in the original quilt and I bought any stripe I could find that was close and made do.

There are also many white shirting prints.  Most of the reproductions I found were cream or tan, not white and I bought small pieces of most of the best ones I found.  I alternated and this one was up next on the pile (and I had enough of it left for the block).

All in all, I think I captured the spirit of this block.





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