More Reach for the Stars Show and Tell, this time from Jennifer Varney of Hudson, New Hampshire. Reach for the Stars is a queen-size sampler quilt with directions coming in seven consecutive issues of Quilter’s Newsletter magazine. Designed by Terri Krysan, the quilt features a center medallion and 14 blocks, all set on point.

Jennifer V (one of four Jennifers I know of currently making this quilt) has chosen to arrange her blocks in straight sets because she wants a smaller quilt with fewer blocks. You can see her center medallion and first five blocks in this post from March, which also shows the original quilt made by Terri Krysan.

Jennifer decided to remake Block 5, not because of a cutting error that would have been cleverly disguised with the sashing that goes around the block but because she wasn’t happy with one of her fabric choices. Here is her new Block 5:

Love that touch of sparkle from the metallics!

And here are her two latest blocks:

Terri Krysan’s design for Block 7 includes five fussy-cut circles appliquéd in the 3″ squares that make up the centers of the five stars. Jennifer V has opted not to add the circles and I may not either. There’s already a lot going on in this block. I’ll decide when I get to that point.

By the way, we have two new official converts to Reach for the Stars! My friend Colleen is almost done with her center medallion (her feature fabrics are from the Morris Apprentice line by Barbara Brackman for Moda) and our mutual friend Linda is jumping on board with Barbara Brackman’s latest line of Arts and Crafts-inspired fabric, Morris Modernized, featuring the designs of C.F.A. Voysey, the “informal successor” to William Morris. Rest assured I will post pictures when Colleen’s and Linda’s blocks are ready to be revealed!

In the meantime, if my sewing plans for this weekend are realized, I’ll be ready to reveal my own Block 7 very soon.