Twinklers, all set

Posted by Nann.Hilyard on December 1, 2015 in show and tell | 8 comments

The Twinkler blocks were on the design wall for a week and a half. I knew that if I took them down they’d be consigned to the box o’ blocks, not to see the light of day for months.  I contemplated an on-point setting but rejected it because
a.  I wanted to use as many of the 46 blocks as I could,
b.  9″ blocks on point = 13.5″ (big!),
c.  On-point would require setting triangles. I didn’t have enough of any one black-on-black, nor do I have enough of a variety of black-on-black (for scrappy).
Instead I used a straight setting. I like the sparkly shoo-flies created by the cornerstones in the sashing. [Would a non-quilter be able to understand the jargon in that sentence?!]   The bright-stars-on-black border is cut from an 8-yard piece in my backings stash.   The flimsy is 72 x 82. The setting used 1-3/4 yards. A good start for December!