Pencilz: When I was young one of my most precious possessions was my Derwent 64's. A palette of pencils in dazzling array of colour, they were so beautiful as a collection that it seemed a shame to sharpen them.

The Pencilz collection that I offer you is just as covetable. I provide you with the facility to make individual pencilz, then prompt you to work them into a quilt in various ways. I show you how they can be slotted vertically into a square block and how they join beautifully with no gaps to make filled blocks or a long border as I've done here. Laying one pencil over another sets us off in yet another direction. We also have a 'fan' corner setting!

There are three sizes to work with; 6", 8" and 10" Pencilz. Their construction, in the usual Stargazey style of relaxed cutting and stitching is not daunting either.

Shoez: Look into any gals wardrobe and you'll find an abundance of different shapes, styles, colours and trims. The Shoe collection!

Look into the resulting Stargazey wardrobe and you'll see we have created a line-up of elegant Shoez that will suit any female. There are basic pumpz, there are shoez with Mary-Jane strapz and each one has a button embellishment to change and define their character.

Originally I wanted to use buckles, fabric bows and ballet shoe ribbons - all easy variations on the Shoez theme - but they must wait for next season.

Shoez are made as individuals, but worked as pairs which in turn combine to make square blocks.

Orangez and Lemonz: The sweet fresh fragrance of citrus fruit fills these blocks. Orangez & Lemonz are derived from the traditional Kaleidoscope block but made much easier, Stargazey Style, with a stack, slice, switch and sew process. Set your worries aside, you need not be a master of precision, the centre points meeting exactly is not a big issue.

Block sizes are 6", 8" & 10". Extra blocks, Lemon Halvez and Orange Quarterz, both follow the same process initially in forming the fruit - their backgrounds though are treated a little differently. As a bonus I also give you instructions for an altered version of the Orange Quarterz, seen set as border units in my sample quilt.

Not inclined towards citrus? Think other fruit, cake, pizza slices, umbrellas, beach balls or simply whacky colour combos to bring this Vitamin C filled block back to its Kaleidoscope origins.

Catz: I must fess up straight away - I'm a dog lover through and through. Cats have never yet matched it for me in exuberance, although I am a sucker for their beguiling purr. Perhaps if they were available for walks I'd feel better about them?

Stargazey Catz though, are all charm and no clawz. Their cheeky grins and wide eyes will attract even hardhearted dog lovers like me. They still won't help with the exercise but they give the smile muscles a work out!

I've designed two blocks, a simple Catz Face in 4", 6", and 8" blocks and also Sitting Catz in 6", 8" and 10" blocks. Both blocks make a feature of the collar - a lovely way to inject more colour. Both are easy to make with no finicky matching of points.

Make them in your cats' colours or markings and your princess will be sure to curl up on your quilt with a self satisfied purrrrr.

Applez: An apple a day keeps the doctor away... An apple for the teacher... Bobbing for apples... Toffee apples... Adam and Eve... Snow White... A fruitful abundance of images abound to make use of this block. Let your imagination loose!

These Applez all have a mandatory stalk but then you have the choice of adding one or two leavez to give your applez that fresh picked look. Piecing is easy with no matching of points and no perfect quarter inch seams necessary within the block.

Applez come in various colours, red, green and golden, but it would be easy to change the colours and the pattern name by simply thinking of the neighbours in the fruit bowl. Anyone for Plumz or Peachez?

Appliquez Baltimore Seriez #2: Circlez and Squigglez: Appliquez patterns are designed to help you create your own designs quickly and easily with minimum of fuss. Their template sheet full of hand drawn shapes in a variety of sizes combine in an amazing number of ways. How to use them is left to you.

Shapes included in Baltimore #2 include snakey squigglez, circular squigglez, leavez, large circlez, circlez on stickz and branchez.

Instructions are included for the quilt seen here and a funky appliqued and edged cushion.

Guyz and Galz: When I design patterns I like to be able to use different block sizes so that I, and others, can choose the correct proportion for each project. Alas, these Guyz & Galz told me instantly that they were special - not giants or midgets - they wanted to stay 'just right' size. That suited me - I could expend energy on developing different ways to bring out their individual character instead. I'm now a Fashion Designer and a Body Builder!

So we have one size, 6" x 12", but plenty of variations in hair and clothing style - and these changes are still just a starting point...

Glovez and Specz: Gardening glovez, White glovez, formal glovez. Specz with eye spy fabrics or Sunglassez for a beach quilt. Dark glasses and glovez for the Diva in you.

Two blocks, two sizes, two new ways to accessorize your quilts! In usual Stargazey style these blocks are different but not difficult. No templates, no perfect seams, just a little bit of playful tweaking from block to block to make you the designing diva.

Glovez & Specz blocks will also tie in beautifully with other popular Stargazey patterns - Hatz, Handbagz and Shoez. They will make great borders and blocks for other theme quilts... hands with a heart block...the hand of friendship... or blocks for a quirky friendship or autograph quilt?