And then on the second day we started on a different project – a split star within a log cabin.

I decided to use batiks for this project

Again making each block was quite time consuming – making the stars and then the surrounds and all the time being aware of the need to choose high contrasts.

As I made a split star quilt top last year (soon to be quilted) I’m not sure I really want to make another one.  So I’m wondering whether to just keep the orphan blocks or use them as the basis of something more innovative