The tropical floral focus fabric is shown in the inner border and made all of the stars. I think the white flowers printed on the fabric gave these stars a nice airy look.
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sailbit 33 months ago | reply
Love these ones -- some quilter is going to have a blast with all that white space!!
aviva_hadas (Amy) 33 months ago | reply
I have an orange/pink UFO.....
Happy 2 Sew 33 months ago | reply
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE these stars...what a talented quilter you are!
RSTinWA 33 months ago | reply
That's very striking and lovely. Not a fabric I would have thought of to use for those stars, but it works beautifully.
Linda Rotz Miller Quilts & Quilt Tops 33 months ago | reply
Thank you all! I'm never bored by doing the stacks :)
PioneerValleyGirl 33 months ago | reply
this is great - I love all the different stars you get from this fabric
uppitygirl 33 months ago | reply
This is gorgeous! Love the way the stars pop and how you really utilized the patterns on the fabrics to create a lot of movement. Really stunning.
kwtravelers 33 months ago | reply
I love this! Your choice of fabrics creates a twirly effect, which is wonderful!
Linda Rotz Miller Quilts & Quilt Tops 33 months ago | reply
Thanks! I love standing around in the fabric store visualizing how a fabric will look in a stacked block. Sadly, I also do this in the grocery store with peoples clothes :)
tell tale threads 33 months ago | reply
Linda - As a fairly new quilter I am intrigued and fascinated that one fabric and one pattern can achieve so many different looks! I know this is 'stacked' cutting, but do you have any suggestions as to how I can learn more and try experimenting with a fabric?
I also love the orange and pink combination. Not one that I would have ever paired until I recently put them together and since then, I am hooked on this combination. I also love the way you have used the fresh and crisp white sashing and borders. Wonderful - look forward to seeing this quilted!
Linda Rotz Miller Quilts & Quilt Tops 33 months ago | reply
Hi and thanks! I just looked at your pink and orange quilt and really love it :) The Prairie Points are such a great addition, especially to a baby quilt. Actually, I don't quilt my tops, so I don't think you'll get to see that :) On the fabrics for stacking, it is something that gets easier the more you do it. You can use the mirror trick to get a general idea of how a farbric would look used as a stack - that's using two mirrors placed together at an angle ( a 45 degree angled for an eight stack, 60 degree angle for a six stack) and set at different places on a piece of fabric. This isn't totally accurate because it gives a mirror image instead of the repeated image you get with stacking, but still it gives an idea. Florals are almost always a good bet - especially medium size prints. I love novelty prints stacked, but one has to be OK with strange things like animal parts or decapitated baseball players, etc. That sounds terrible, but you know what I mean. Many of the quilt tops in my Gallery are stacked tops and if you search for stacked quilts in the Flickr search engine, you'll see lots more examples. Many times people use the focus fabric in the borders, so you can see what it looks like.
tell tale threads 33 months ago | reply
Thanks for the response Linda. I will definitely add this technique to my wish list of next projects. I am so excited to try that I think it will work its way to the top of the list!
flossyblossy 33 months ago | reply
Wow wee!!! I love looking at your quilts!
Lynne @ Lilys Quilts 33 months ago | reply
One more comment and then I'll shut up - have you thought about doing a book? Of course as soon as I write this, I will be inundated with comments saying "Lynne, you fool, she has fiftenn books out" - now if that's the case, I apologise, I'm new!
Linda Rotz Miller Quilts & Quilt Tops 33 months ago | reply
You keep on with all of these compliments, and you can talk as long as you want :) There are so many areas one could explore in the quilting world....piecing, quilting, teaching, writing books, patterns. However, only so much time and energy. So, I just stick with the piecing and haven't tired of it yet. Between making the tops and keeping up with the website and my Today's Work page, where I post pictures of my work as I go along, my plate is pretty full. I do appreciate the compliment :)
M@rg sunshineparadise 33 months ago | reply
I absolutely love all of your quilts and I'm in total awe of your work. the fabulous range of designs that you achieve using the same technique is just wonderful. I had never heard of this technique until I saw your quilts. After checking out the websites you suggested I would like to try it. I am so pleased you have started loading your pics on flickr so we can all drool over your beautiful work, thank you!
Linda Rotz Miller Quilts & Quilt Tops 33 months ago | reply
Thanks so much! I think the stacking, which originated with Bethany Reynolds, as far as I know, just totally changed the way I look at fabric! Hopefully, some people will try the method and find as much enjoyment from it as I have. I love sharing setting ideas and I think most of them can be figured out by just looking at the pictures.