... the Moravian Star!
This beautiful creation belongs to LeAnn, a very talented quilter who joined Nor, Queen Dee, Sandra, and me for a Saturday of sewing! LeAnn was working on making her second star, Nor and Queen Dee had their diamond templates prepped, and Sandra and I were starting at the very beginning!
Nor and Deb combined 5 finished stars for the picture at right. Twelve stars are needed to make one Moravian Star. Along with Sandra, they are sharing fabric scraps to make the stars.
Just to give you an idea of some of the necessary supplies needed... very thin fusible batting pressed onto a 12 x 12 piece of cardboard purchased at my local scrap booking store. The metal, 60 degree diamond template is 1" in size, available here. (You could make your own template, but I have this one, and it worked out beautifully!) The blade in the rotary cutter is an old one, because it cuts through the batting backed cardboard. I opted for an Elmer's glue stick... I found that fabric fusing glue was too runny, and took too long to dry.
There is a tutorial on how to make a woolie Moravian star here, and from there you can click on her YouTube video demonstrating her method. (We didn't use this tutorial to make our stars... I found it when I was researching 3D Moravian stars). I am waiting to hear back from a very talented lady in blog land, to verify the instructions we used are indeed hers. We made some changes of our own, (don't we all???), but I still want to make sure I am giving credit to the right person, in regards to the instructions we collectively used.
This will be a work in progress, but it is one that I am thoroughly enjoying! I have three stars made and nine to go. It's the perfect hand sewing project for the cold weather months here in the Midwest!
This beautiful creation belongs to LeAnn, a very talented quilter who joined Nor, Queen Dee, Sandra, and me for a Saturday of sewing! LeAnn was working on making her second star, Nor and Queen Dee had their diamond templates prepped, and Sandra and I were starting at the very beginning!
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| LeAnn is making more fabric covered diamonds. She used plastic lid covers to make her
templates... 60 of them!
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| Pretty fabrics! |
Nor and Deb combined 5 finished stars for the picture at right. Twelve stars are needed to make one Moravian Star. Along with Sandra, they are sharing fabric scraps to make the stars.
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| Sandra sews diamonds together to make one of twelve stars needed. |
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| I am using red fabrics to make my star. |
Let me back up a bit...
Just to give you an idea of some of the necessary supplies needed... very thin fusible batting pressed onto a 12 x 12 piece of cardboard purchased at my local scrap booking store. The metal, 60 degree diamond template is 1" in size, available here. (You could make your own template, but I have this one, and it worked out beautifully!) The blade in the rotary cutter is an old one, because it cuts through the batting backed cardboard. I opted for an Elmer's glue stick... I found that fabric fusing glue was too runny, and took too long to dry.
There is a tutorial on how to make a woolie Moravian star here, and from there you can click on her YouTube video demonstrating her method. (We didn't use this tutorial to make our stars... I found it when I was researching 3D Moravian stars). I am waiting to hear back from a very talented lady in blog land, to verify the instructions we used are indeed hers. We made some changes of our own, (don't we all???), but I still want to make sure I am giving credit to the right person, in regards to the instructions we collectively used.
This will be a work in progress, but it is one that I am thoroughly enjoying! I have three stars made and nine to go. It's the perfect hand sewing project for the cold weather months here in the Midwest!
Very cool! I've never seen one of these before. All reds will be very pretty.
ReplyDeleteWhat delightful projects! I imagine each one of them looks totally different because of fabric choices. All hand stitching? Hmmmm.....wonder if I'm up to it...
ReplyDeleteJust love that star and the fabrics you chose :-D
ReplyDeleteThis is very cool--new to me. Where do you plan to hang it?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see a completed star.
Wow, very pretty! Love that you're using red!
ReplyDeleteSuper cool! And in red!! It is going to be beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThese are super cool! I've never seen them before. It would take me about 6 years to complete one - but I'm sure yours will be done in no time!
ReplyDeleteOh! This is so awesome! A friend of mine showed her pin cushion collection recently and she had a few of these made by Indians I believe at the turn of the century. I have been intrigued by these in the past and have also been looking for directions. Printed some off a few days ago! Thanks for showing yours! So cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and informative post! Looks like you all had fun sewing up your stars. I love your red one. I hope you'll share your finished star with us when it's done. What a beauty. And thank you for sharing the info on the Moravian stars with us. This will definitely be on my must-try list!
ReplyDeleteOh my word, I've never seen anything like this before. They're beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing a link to my Woolie Moravian Star. I use a 60 degree diamond as well. I posted that on my blog back in February 2011. Yours turned out really great! I'd love to know who's pattern you are showing there. Maybe you could share the source?
ReplyDeleteohhhh i have my Grandmothers made of Grampas shirts! I worked at a quilt shop and made a pattern of it and taught it. i made about 4 different sizes. one size is close to 2 inches. we put a little stuffed fabric ball in the center so they looked like flowers.the pattern sold well.Im so glad this project will never fade away. we never knew what it was called thank you! Steph in las Vegas
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS! I have never seen anything like it before. Could you please share the pattern you are using (it looks like you have one on the table). Just found your blog, and I love it! Thank you for sharing your talents.
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