Red, White & Blue Star Quilts | E-book

96 pages, originally published 2022.

Star quilts and high-contrast color schemes of red and white, blue and white, and red, white and blue are enduring favorites for good reason. Stars are striking in their spikey silhouettes, comforting in their symmetry, and imbued with meaningful symbolism. The colors are bold, graphic, and timeless, yet the straightforward color schemes are easily mastered by a beginning quilt maker.

The quilts look equally stunning in all-over scraps or 2 solid fabrics. Pairing classic Evening Stars and Rising Stars with these color schemes makes perfect sense: Both the color plans and the geometric forms contribute to the simple beauty. These are basic stars, familiar to all, made from common shapes. Still, set in fresh arrangements with curved illusions, refreshing asymmetry, or unique combinations of several types and sizes of blocks, these stars sparkle anew.

Red, White & Blue Star Quilts features:

• Complete patterns for 16 quilts and 7 size and color variations.
• Out-of print favorites such as Shakespeare in the Park and Stars ’n’ Stripes Forever
• Most quilts are published here for the first time
• 13 illustrations showing patriotic patterns changed to 2 colors with easy yardage and cutting conversions
• Yardage charts for Evening Stars and Rising Stars to help you make your own quilts or variations
• Chart listing patch cutting sizes for a wide variety of block sizes
• General quilt making information and specific helps for making Rising Stars and Evening Stars
• Patterns range in size from a quick little table topper to king-sized quilts.
• 6 patriotic patterns sized for Quilts of Valor (R)
• Diagrams and specifications boxes designed to lead you visually through every step of making the quilts