It’s a stream-of-consciousness thing… when I thought about something being dimensional… the Fifth Dimension popped into my head.
This is better.
These are Radiant Stars – also known as Moravian Stars. They’re made using a really cool dimensional form of English Paper Piecing. Instead of being from a thick-ish paper, these pieces are cut from cardstock and they’re one of the Fabriflair kit-patterns from Amy Barickman and Indygo Junction.
I love them because they’re perfect for charm packs. And they look even better in person – having hovered around the Indygo Junction booth in Salt Lake City this past May to get a better look, I know of what I speak.
I mention them today because the holidays are coming and I’ve gotten a couple of these kits to make gifts. (Or to keep for myself…) There are six different kits – essentially four different designs.
There is the Navette Needlecase – probably my favorite because I know I can get this one finished by December.
Each kit creates two 3″ x 5″ tri-fold needle cases. If you want scrappy, a couple of Layer Cake squares will work perfectly for these. Or fat eighths and fat quarters.
The Brio Spheres can be used as a faceted sphere or bowls.
Each kit comes with enough mat board pieces to make a single complete sphere or two bowls. The Small Brio Sphere uses 6 – 1/8th yard cuts, 1 charm pack of 5″ squares, Layer Cake Squares or assorted scraps or fat quarters. It would also work with a pack of 3.5″ Moda Treats!The small sphere measures 3 3/4″ tall-across.
The Large Brio Sphere measures approx. 6″ tall and it’s made with 1/4 yard cuts or fat quarters, 5″ charm squares or Layer Cake squares. .
The Radiant Star kits also come in two sizes. The Large Radiant – or Moravian – Star kit creates one 10″ star per package. While you could use bigger cuts of fabric, this kit is perfect – perfect! – for charm packs. Like maybe something metallic or holiday-themed.
The Radiant Star – Small kit makes one 5″ Moravian star and it can be made with a pack of 5″ charm squares or two Mini Charm Packs of 2.5″ squares. Layer Cake squares, Jelly Roll strips and other cuts will also work… but more fabrics is better, right?
So what else do you need?
Here’s the supply list:
- Fabriflair Kit
- Fabric. Of course. We like charm packs.
- A fabric glue stick or pen – we love the Sewline Pens.
- Sewing needles – use the one you like best – I like Straw-Milliner’s needles.
- Thread
While you could theoretically use any thread, Amy suggests the Crossroads 12 wt. threads from Sulky. The thicker thread gives a little more stability with the heavier matboard templates. It also gives the finished pieces added dimension, a bit of embellishment. The Crossroads threads come in more than a dozen thread set assortments. The sets are either twelve 50-yard spools or six 330-yard spools. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, Broadway and Grand… those are some of the names of the very yummy thread collections.
If you’re interested in seeing how to make one of these Fabriflair kits, there is a YouTube video – Fabriflair – Create a Radiant Star!
When they heard how much we loved these Fabriflair kits, Amy and her crew donated a set of kits for a giveaway.
The Trilliant Ornament! I knew I was missing one!
We’re going to include a few charm packs – one for each kit.
Just leave a comment by Midnight on Sunday – October 16th – and you’re entered to win. It’s that simple!
Happy Friday!
It looks like these would be fun to make.
Wow! Wow! Wow! I would love to try these babies out!!!! They look like so much fun!!! My fingers are crossed……
Oh my goodness. What a brilliant idea. Way to go Fabriflair!!
these look like so much fun to make!
I would love to win this kit and use my Moda fabric I got in Paducah!
I’ve never tried anything like that — looks interesting!
These look like great Christmas gifts. Thanks Darlene
Beautiful!
Something new to try using all my holiday fabric.
Thanks
Those look like so much fun – all my Christmas decorations are stars!
Thanks bunches
Oh that sounds so wonderful! Thank you for the chance to win!
The Moravian Star would make a very impressive gift for anyone! Who wouldn’t love to receive a completed star as a gift? Very sophisicated❣️ Can’t wait to make one of these babies up❣️
How fun to play with fabric with such beautiful results! I would love to try them.
Those look like an exciting new challenge and great use of charm Packs! Would love to give it a try
Would he great to try.
Ok I’m ready to get started!
I would love to win a kit.
Sure hope I win. Would love to make this in tandem with the Moravian Star.
what a great way to “think outside of the box” love it
These look really intriguing. I would love to try it.
Why is this the first time I’m hearing about these, I LOVE the Radiant Star! Pick me Pick me!!
Fun, fun, fun. Sure would like to try these.
How creative are those? Would sure enjoy trying it.
these are fantastic!
I wasn’t aware of the needle cases. I think they will be perfect for a Christmas gift for a friend. So glad to find out about these fun projects.
What great little take-along projects! I especially like the needle case.
Stringing the ornaments together would make a cute garland.
Trillient Ornament is my favorite, but I would love to win any of them. Thanks for offering them as a giveaway.
Very fascinating!
Love that radiant star but would like the chance to make them all.
Fabric, fun, and a geometry lesson – love these kits!
Interesting ideas – great holiday gifts! Thanks for the offer!!
These are so pretty. I love those bowls and the star and the—–well, I love them all. What a great idea.
These are really pretty. Would make a great gift!
How unique! Thanks for the chance.
These look like fun! I love creating a new handmade ornament every year.
My quilt guild is doing an ornament exchange this year. The Trilliant would be perfect, and it looks doable for a newbie like myself. Now, time to shop for the perfect Moda fabric!
I’ve always wanted to make a Moravian star with wool but this looks so much easier. The bowls are great too.
What a fun way to look at the Hexie ….. thank you for opening my eyes !!
This would make the perfect gift for that hard to buy for person on my list.
These look so cute and different.
Oh my gosh! How cool are these kits! Thanks for sharing these new items with us.
Those kits look like a lot of fun to make!
Have been looking at the Moravian Star for awhile, would be fantastic to win this.
These look like so much fun!
They look very interesting and fun to make, good for gifts!
These are sooo cute …. Hmmmm …. If I win it just may be a new obsession?!.
Those stars are beautiful. I would love to try to make one.
What a surprise. I have two of the stars that my Grandma Dallmann made when I was a child and I am 72. She passed away in the early 60s. One is made of gold velvet fabric and the other is solid cotton fabrics. Each side of the star is a different fabric. I would love to have a kit to make these. The other shapes look fun too. Thanks for bringing back the memory.
I’ve never heard about these before – sew cute! I wonder how easy they are to make? Thanks so much for the chance to win a nice little gift!
They are look great! Are they difficult to make?
These look like so much fun to make!!
Linda
My small quilt group and I have just started an English paper piecing challenge among ourselves. I have never tried EPP before and these kits would be a great way to get going! Thanks for the chance to win.
What an ingenious way to paper piece!! I’m always amazed at quilters’ creativity!!
I have to try making these beauties!
Amazing! I would love to learn how to make these
These would be a fun break from from hexy quilt that I’m trying to finish!
These really look challenging but tons of fun! What skills do you need? They would make beautiful holiday decorations.
I would love to win one of these kits. The Moravian star fascinates me.
This is an amazing project. Drhodes9@cox.net
These look like they would be fun to make!
I would love to make one (or more) of these kits – what a neat idea. Thanks for the giveaway!
I want! I want! I want! These are gorgeous!!
They would be very festive to add to ones decorations!
great idea – would love to win!
Those look so fun!
Is there anyway to find out what the fabric is that was used for the star in the lower left in the first picture?
These are sooo cute – and look like sooo much fun to make!! Hopefully we’ll get to see samples in Houston!
I would love to win one of the kits!
Would love to win one of these kits. Thank you for this opportunity to win.
LOVE the stars! Something new and fun to give!
They would make a wonderful holiday mantelpiece!
These look like great fun! I’d love to try them!
These look like so much fun! I just started doing some english paper piecing and I really enjoy it.
Neat projects
Very cool. lol like they would be fun to make.
I could get carried away with these and winning a kit would make it even nicer.
I love giving (and getting!) handmade gifts for the holidays. All of these kits look like great fun to make. The only problem will be parting with them!
These are sooo great!! Would love to win and then teach my guild so we could have lots to give as gifts for our charities!
We made something similar to the radiating star when we hosted a Danish exchange student years ago. Our quilt guild is teaching different ways to add dimentional elements into our craft – these would be so fun to share.
I’m going to pick up a few of these for a project day with my “crafty” granddaughter!
What a great gift idea and fun project.
Great ideas for Christmas gifts!
Fun projects to share with quilt group.
Very, very clever. And they look like they’d be fun to make!
Great idea. Especially for fellow quilters! Made or in kit form. Look like they would be fun to make and fun to give away. If I can part with any.
Thank you for the opportunity to win some.
looks like a great project for those of us who have overflowing scrap bins –
Great ideas for gifts. Thanks for the opportunity.
Love to EPP, these look very interesting and fun to try.
Thanks.
These are so cool. Love this and perfect for decorating the kids’ room. Thank you for the giveaway.
Clever and very crafty.
Oh, I love the Holiday theme idea! One of those large Radiant Stars in Juniper Berry would look great on my Christmas Table runner! Thanks for the chance! 🙂
Gorgeous! These would make neat ornament gifts for that person that has everything….
What a great idea! It would be so much fun to get together with a group of friends and have a craft day with these 🙂
Thanks for the opportunity, these look lovely!
These shapes look really interesting and I would love to try them:-)
Oh, my goodness. These designs knock my socks off! Would love to play with these.
What a neat idea – that looks fun to try!
Need to get started on these – what great gift for that special friend……like the building blocks of the future….
Love the star ornament & diamond, last, but not least.
Hi, love the star ornament ! Thanks for sharing+the giveaway!
These take me back to my early days of crafting. My first quilt was an 8-pointed star pieced by hand.
How fun! What a great way to make Christmas decorations.
Interesting! A good Fall project.
I have see no ne Moravian Star before and have always wanted to make one! Plus all the other kits would be amazing!
I am always intrigued to see new things I have not tried before! Thanks for the chance to win the kits!
Brilliant secret santa gifts for quilty friends!
Those are stunning! Thanks for always being such a wealth of information and helpful tips!
These look like fun.
Love them all!
These are really neat, Amy has a very creative brain!
It amazes me how many new things the Moda designers come up with. What a great group of people they are!
I’d love to win such fun activities!
They do look fun….and addicting! Thanks to Amy and her team for coming up with them, and offering a set as a give away.
I would love to make all of these. Thanks for such an awesome giveaway.
wow – love these – what cool projects
I’ve been eyeing (coveting) these kits for at least a month now. Great giveaway – thank you!
I love these… Can I have one please! 😉
These are so interesting. Unlike anything I’ve ever made. Fabulous
Wow these really caught my eye – they look amazing!
These are beautiful!! Thanks for sharing such a fun project, for the opportunity to win a prize
They look like they’d be a lot of fun to make.
What great Christmas presents these would be for my stitchy friends.
They are so cute! They’d be a glorious addition to the tree!
These are so pretty ♥
They look awesome. Would love to win.
Wow, these 3-D projects are so unique. The Radient Star is absolutely phenomenal! Amy must be a Math wizard to have come up with that idea.
These are so cool!
How pretty- I’d love to try these kits.
I would like to have the stars for table centerpieces this Christmas season.
I would love making or giving these kits as gifts for Christmas.
Very interesting!
Neat! Count me in!
The kits look like a fun to try!
Those look like so much fun to make or receive. Count me in.
Love these! My grandma had one of the hexagon balls that we played with as kids. I would love to
learn how it was made!Thanks for the chance to win these goodies!
Thanks for the opportunity to win. Love reading your posts.
What fun! I love these!
Looks like a lot of fun.
Cute gift ideas.
Besides loving fabric, I am also a lover of paper of which this kit reminds me. How much are the kits?
These look like so much fun! What a neat way to see your fabric displayed
That is so cool! What a fun hand piecing project
What a fun idea and projects!
The Moravian Stars are gorgeous!
These kits look like they would be a very fun project.
Would love Store make one.
Moravin stars will be perfect gifts for the men in my life.
What a great way to make something decorative with fabric that’s not a quilt.
Beautiful, what great ideas. I have So many mods fabrics, will be hard to pick.
These look absolutely awesome! Thanks!
I would like to try this out it looks real cool
Wow – these are different and beautiful!! Thanks for sharing….
I have never seen these before! Thank you for a chance to win one.
I’ll be hearing the 5th Dimension all day now…. Thanks for a chance to win. Looks like fun
What cool kits. Love the needle case.
I love these!! If I don’t win…..it’s added to my list for Houston Festival!! The list is getting lengthy!!
I l9ve them all. So many to choose
Very cool!! Great gifts!!!
I’d love to try. Thanks for the chance.
I’ve been doing English Paper Piecing for years, and would LOVE to try this 3-D version. SO beautiful and creative!
These look like so much fun!
These are amazing – Love Love Love!!!
These look like so much fun to make!
Sweet Mercy! I have recently become addicted to EPP hexies. I carry my little case everywhere! These beautiful dimensional treasures are too awesome for words! I would LOVE to make them all. I might even be able to part with a few for gifts…nah!
This is an amazing use of fabric and dimension! Really inspiring, id love to have one!
These are fabulous!
It looks like a new, happy addiction! These are really cute. I love the texture of using fabric.
Thank you Moda for sharing these great projects with us.
Wow, these kits look fabulous! Always love to see new ways of using fabric… Thanks!
I would love to try these! I have so many charm packs and these would be great gifts.
How fun! These would make great gifts!
Would love to try it out!
Fab! I love fabric projects outside the “quilting box” to energize creativity.
I love those stars. How fun they all are. Thanks.
These will be great Christmas gifts.
I love the Trilliant Ornaments, they’d look great on the christmas tree.
Now these seem like holiday shopping I could actually finish!
lots of fun ahead
I need this in my life. Pick me!!!
What a lovely project for travelling, or as a fill in between larger quilting projects. Would make great gifts and decorations in Christmas fabrics.
OMG! These are amazing pieces! I have to try one of those stars 😉
Love it❣❣❣❣I love doing something different just to try❣
These look amazing! I would love to learn to make one.
Wow! Almost didn’t read this. Now I have to get this
Those would be a great project to share with my niece.
These look like lots of fun! And it’s not midnight yet in AZ.
It looks like a change of pace to try something different from “chain piecing” all the Holiday quilts:)!
I would love love love to win this fabulous prize xox
Thank you for showcasing these, Carrie. The Trilliant ornament is very appealing. I think I need to get moving on gifts!!
What a fun way to use up all the little bits and pieces!