Summer is upon us here in the USA. Time for parades, picnics, family reunions and BBQs. Add a some shine to these occasions with a little sewing. Today I feature quilting with stars and strips. Enjoy a parade of scrap friendly projects that feature sparking stars and scrappy strips.
Star Quilts
First up, Shooting Stars table runner. 
This is one of my new Quick Win projects based off the quilt blocks in my Summer Nights Sampler. These projects were designed to help beginning quilters develop and learn with small bite size projects over the course of a year. Giving them confidence to create a whole quilt. 
If you like the runner you’ll love the Shooting Stars quilt. I recently taught this on a cruise through Stitchin’ Heaven. I loved seeing everyone’s blocks shine in their newly made quilt tops.
Braveheart combines stars and strips in a festive table runner perfect for your next BBQ or potluck. 
This pattern also includes a patriotic picnic quilt.
Another star and strip combo is Seven Sisters. Here scrappy strips are sewn into strip sets, cut with a wedge ruler, then arranged into 7 colorful stars.
Speaking of colorful stars, my best selling Sunshine on a Cloudy Day is a vibrant radiating star full of color.
While Harvest Sky sprinkles friendship and maverick stars throughout a background of scrappy goodness.
Quilters who love the Irish Chain will love Twisted Star. The pattern makes the chain quilt blocks easy by using strip piecing.
If you enjoy wonky then try fun funky stars in Wishes and Sparkle. 
Strip Quilts
If you’re not feeling stars then try one of these strip quilts.
The popular Gradation quilt looks like a lot of work. But it is really just strip sets that were sub cut into small sections to small pops of color. 
Where as Pasta Please is a real strip buster. Enabling you to use scrappy fabric strips in all sizes. 
In my Scrap Quilts book you’ll find many strip quilts. Streak of Lightening 
And Flow are my favorites.
I hope this get your creative juices flowing. Have fun sewing up your next stars and strips quilts.
