Try it on Tuesday: “A Flock of Feathered Stars”

Today I have an awesome book to show you. It is “A Flock of Feathered Stars: Paper Pieced for Perfection” by Carolyn Cullinan McCormick. The great people over at Pickle Dish sent it for me to review. 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. I have always wanted to make them…I’ve been so-so tempted. This book makes me even more tempted.

The book features this amazing quilt!!

Awesome…right?? I love it. It’s two colored. It’s stars. It has an awesome border. What is there not to like??

The quilt is broken down into blocks. It would make a perfect block of the month.

I have always wanted to do a two colored quilt. 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. I start and then fizzle out. 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. I know one thing for sure. I am keeping this book because some time, some day, I am making this quilt..unless the good Lord says something different.

8 thoughts on “Try it on Tuesday: “A Flock of Feathered Stars””

Nancy
May 7, 2013 at 6:16 am

That book sure looks like a winner! I can understand why you are keeping it!

Carolyn
May 7, 2013 at 6:50 am

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!

Brenda
May 7, 2013 at 7:22 am

Awesome book. Got to buy this one for sure. I am a fan of feathered stars this would make it easy.

NKSQUILTS
May 7, 2013 at 9:16 am

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.

Quilter Kathy
May 7, 2013 at 9:41 am

That looks like an amazing book!

Kitsey
May 7, 2013 at 11:28 am

I love paper piecing and feathered stars. I’ll be looking for this book for my future project especially since it is two color.

Ardelia Williams
May 7, 2013 at 5:23 pm

I love feathered stars but haven’t made one yet. I just added this book to my wish list at Amazon.

Susan P
May 7, 2013 at 8:21 pm

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!