This week, after a little procrastination. I finally finished sewing all my green stars into a quilt top…
I alternated the paper pieced blocks with 8 1/2 inch squares of low volume fabric… using mainly fabrics that had been used in the star blocks.
I sewed all the blocks together, keeping the paper on the stars. I have found if I remove the paper from the pattern before I sew everything together there can be issues making everything fit properly. There can be a lot of bias pieces in paper piecing and you want to minimize the wiggle…
When I had sewn all the stars and low volume blocks together I realized the quilt needed a border of some sort. I ended up making four flying geese blocks and interspersed them within the 3 inch border.
I love how the border and those geese bring the whole quilt together.
To celebrate finishing this quilt I thought I would do a little giveaway.
Up for grabs is this 18 fat eight cuts of fabric so you can make your own green star blocks – 12 different greens and 6 different low volumes. If you would like to win just leave a comment on this post and we will pick a winner on Monday. As always I am happy to post overseas.
THE COMPETiTION IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks.
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This combination of the low volume b&w works so beautifully with the greens. Really fresh. Love it.
I love your green star quilt, it is lovely.
this quilt top is just too cool! the greens almost glow..I love it!! and I would love to win all those fabric goodies too!
Thanks for the giveaway! I really love how you put the flying geese in the border, that’s an interesting idea to add a little something cool to it, and I’m probably going to be copying that idea!
I love your stars and the colour combination!
I love the B&W fabrics used on this quilt. When combined with the green stars it’s perfect!
This is beautiful! The flying geese on the border were such a great idea, too!
I used some of the blocks in your site to learn paper piecing. I love your star blocks and the bright fabrics you use in them and I’m amazed at your fabric stash. It must be huge. I’ve never seen anyone using such a large range of whites/creams. Your quilt looks great as always.
This quilt is just gorgeous! I love your paper-pieced stars!
This is lovely! I’ve become very discouraged with paper piecing, but I think you tip about waiting until everything is joined to take the papers out is enough to make me want to take another stab at it. Thanks!
Wow! There is SO much time, effort and love in that quilt! It looks gorgeous. I love the greens, it reminds me of the Emerald city from the Wizard of Oz.
I love your paper piecing patterns and the way you have arranged theses green stars on the low volume background looks amazing! If I was lucky enough to win this great giveaway, I would definitely be making some of these green stars!
Love it! The low volume works so well with the freshness of the green
Your stars look awesome! The finished quilt is a stunner. I’d love to win the fabric 🙂 emilyste7ens at gmail dot com
What a cool give-away! And yes, that border is just perfect!
You know I’ve been in love with the Emerald Stars since you first started making them! It would be an honour and a joy to be able to incorporate some of the fabrics into my own work. I’ve just made the Alternating Star block shown at top left for my F2F block swap, enlarged to a 12 inch block, and I love it! Very easy to line everything up neatly at that size, too.
Absolutely stunning. I love how crisp and fresh it is 🙂 Congratulations on another beautiful creation
The back of the quilt is so fun to look at, with the paper still sewn on. Excellent work!
I adore your stars in green. I love green as much as I love purple, and purple is my favourite colour. Thank you for the chance to win such a generous giveaway.
How cool is that! I love your quilt top!
I had never been game enough to try paper piecing until I saw your green stars. I must admit that I have only made one so far but plan to try more in the future. Thank you for your inspiration. I think the green star quilt looks very stunning. Jannette
Oh my gosh…what a beautiful quilt! I love it. I’ve followed your blog for a while and have finally mustered up the courage to try paper piecing in hopes of creating some of the beautiful stars you’ve created for this quilt. I’d love to work with the same fabric you worked with in this gorgeous quilt! You’re so creative and really make paper piecing look like something I’d be able to do successfully! Thanks:)
Kristine
Love it! It’s been fun to watch the creation of all the blocks. Thanks for posting all the patterns!
I love your pp blocks going to make a baby quilt like yours, maybe even two, would love to do these stars in green, no many pp block patterns available in Canada, but lots on Internet , hope I win!
I love all the different shaped stars! That is so cool! And, of course, green is one of my favorite colors!! Great job!!
I really liked all the different greens, you don’t see green a lot.Thank you
Beautiful quilt. My oldest daughter would love the green colors.
Wonderful quilt. Thank you for being so generous with your PP patterns. They are great!
It makes my day when I read you posts, I feel I learn something new and get inspired every time, thank you.
This is very cool. I haven’t done a lot of paper piecing, but I do love the results. I love following your blog! Want to do some of your butterflies!
Thank you for sharing an amazing quilt and blog post as always.
Fun, fun, fun!! You are such an inspiration!! Thanks for sharing!!
Your stars look amazing! What a great looking quilt.
I am have following along with your progress on this beautiful quilt as green is my favourite colour – all of your stars are just gorgeous and I love the LV backgroundl!
Beautiful quilt. Good reason to practice up on my paper piecing.
Your stars are wonderful and love all the fabrics choices you use. Thanks for the patterns also. Jo G.
Stars are my favourite! Really like this quilt top and the combination of colours. It would be so awesome to win these fabrics. Thanks for the opportunity.
I normally am not drawn to green that much but your green stars are wonderful and make me smile..
Beautiful quilt top, love the fabrics.
Your quilt is beautiful–thanks so much for the chance to win!
I Love the flying geese in the border. It really makes the quilt (in my eyes). Awesome job!
Thanks for the chance to win.
The border is a nice touch. I love these emerald blocks! Also, the mini arrived. I love it, and intend to post about it shortly.
I am so glad you got it Afton.
These greens and gray are one of my favorite combinations! Lovely top Cath!
Beautiful greens! Would love to add them to my stash!!
Your quilt looks fantastic. I like the bright with the low volume instead of white, very flattering.
Your top is beautiful!! Thank you for sharing! I love the pp patterns and once I finish my grandson’s quilt I will be able to start on my own star quilt.! Thank you for a chance to win!
Long time blog stalker….first time comment leaver…… Your block designs and colour choices are ALWAYS inspiring….love ALL your stars!
It’s nice to see all your blocks in a quilt, it’s beautiful! Green is my favorite color so I love this one!
Oh My..what a lovely quilt top…The green is so vibrant….I would love to make some more of you star paper pieced blocks…I have been trying my hand at them for some time…I love how you show them off with the very light tone of background fabric…Thank you for this giveaway….
I really like your quilt top, green is my favorite color. Okay my fingers are crossed.