Praire star advice

[joules]

im considering starting one of these and was wondering if you guys have any tips or advice before i start. i have tried with some scrap yarn to make 2 diamonds and join as i went which seems to have worked ( will post pic later if i remember)

 

 

i was hoping to do brighter colours but cant find any pics to get inspiration from.

 

ty

[magiccrochetfan]

I've noticed that quilting sites usually have beautiful colors, so you may want to look for images of actual quilts online or in books. google images for "prairie star quilt" http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=prairie%20star%20quilt&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

 

for general color inspiration, a couple of blogs that are good http://attic24.typepad.com/

http://sarahlondon.wordpress.com/

[MTOread]

Hi,

If you are interested there is a book called the Crocheter's Quilt Book by Elyse Sommer IBN 0-02-609170-4, printed by Sedgewood Press in 1987. It has the Prairie Star aka Compass Rose, Texas Star etc. done in her own fashion.

Cyndi

[joules]

oooh ty, will look it up