Today I have an awesome book to show you. Â It is “A Flock of Feathered Stars: Paper Pieced for Perfection” by Carolyn Cullinan McCormick. Â The great people over at Pickle Dish sent it for me to review. Â When I saw that a feathered star book was available for review, I requested it immediately and I am so glad that I did!
I love-love-love feathers stars. Â I have always wanted to make them…I’ve been so-so tempted. Â This book makes me even more tempted.
The book features this amazing quilt!!
Awesome…right?? Â I love it. Â It’s two colored. Â It’s stars. Â It has an awesome border. Â What is there not to like??
The quilt is broken down into blocks. Â It would make a perfect block of the month.
I have always wanted to do a two colored quilt. Â This one would be perfect….This is an heirloom quilt.
Thankfully, I learned to enjoy paper piecing because the blocks are all paper pieced.
Some of the paper piece shapes are pretty small but I think I can do it….The pieces aren’t any smaller than my Pineapple Crazy blocks..so Yes-I will be able to do this.
I typically am not a block of the month gal. Â I start and then fizzle out. Â I think I would have to just start this with the understanding that it might take me two years to make.
I had to laugh.  In the opening of the book, she makes reference to a book, “The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America” by Carrie Hall.  The book inspired her to design the feathered star quilt.  Just a few days before I had found a copy of the book at out local thrift store.  I too had been paging through the book and was impressed with the feathered star.  I wasn’t impressed enough to design a paper pieced feathered star quilt…but the book really is a inspirational.
I have had the book for a bit now but have continued to refrain from starting this quilt until my UFO’s are under control. Â I know one thing for sure. Â I am keeping this book because some time, some day, I am making this quilt..unless the good Lord says something different.
That book sure looks like a winner! I can understand why you are keeping it!
Awesome border! Better try one block before committing to the whole quilt. They look pretty challenging. But everything is relative, I know several people who make these and piece them without aid of paper piecing. I am not that good!
Awesome book. Got to buy this one for sure. I am a fan of feathered stars this would make it easy.
I too love feathered stars. And this would make an excellent project for a block of the month…….oh please keep that on the top of the possibilities list.
That looks like an amazing book!
I love paper piecing and feathered stars. I’ll be looking for this book for my future project especially since it is two color.
I love feathered stars but haven’t made one yet. I just added this book to my wish list at Amazon.
Several years ago, I had the pleasure of participating in a workshop with Marsha McCloskey during which we drafted and then constructed one feathered star block. It’s not as daunting as one would think, pricision and patience are a key ingredient to success. Going to have to order this book as paper piecing would be so much easier!