So I have decided this will be the last green star for a spell…but do not despair I will be back next week with a new colour scheme and paper piecing pattern… but till then I give you my Inner Star…
This cute little number uses the same basic star shape as last week but with some tweaks to the pattern…and is a more manageable 32 pieces…
You can find the free PDF pattern here…Inner Star PP Pattern.
Enjoy.
Another Monday another paper piecing pattern… I am eventually going to run out of ideas I am sure, but until then I give you…
The Sunny Star, another 8 inch block. This is a cute one and was pretty easy to put together (no really strange angles) and takes just 40 pieces of fabric.
You can find free paper piecing pattern, in PDF form, here…Sunny star pattern.
So here is my fourteenth green star block… and I can not believe that there are so many already…
As promised it is more complex than last weeks with 32 pieces but still less than some of my bigger star blocks!
The free PDF for this star can be found here…Lonely Star Pattern. If I was to make this star again I think I would alternate the light and dark greens more, as you would in a traditional Lone Star quilt.
Oh and as promised here is a shot of most of the stars so far (12 out of the 14)…
I am still not sure what I am going to do with them all but a plan is brewing…. I was really inspired by the QuiltCon quilts I have seen on Instagram…so there will be negative space and an off grid layout I think!
As promised I am back with some more green stars. I have twelve finished blocks up on my design wall and this block is lucky number 13….
I called this star Nick’s star, after my husband…what can I say I am struggling to find names for some of my patterns! This 8 inch block has 24 pieces and I must warn you is easier than next weeks pattern, which is more complex, but really fun.
You can find the free PDF pattern here…Nick’s Star pattern. I have loved seeing people’s versions of my patterns on Instagram, so go forth and create pretty things!
Any one who is active on Instragram will be aware of the flurry of miniature quilt swaps going on at the moment and last week I finally succumbed signed up for one … now if I am honest I would say that I did not always get what was so cool about miniatures but I finally worked it out…
(a) It is a quilt you can complete quickly and easy and have the satisfaction of a finish
(b) You can try new techniques quickly and easily (I keep thinking they are going to be a great way to practice my free motion quilting).
(c) They look really cool pinned up together on the wall of your sewing space.
So with this in mind I had some fun this weekend making 3 inch Economy blocks…
What I love about the Economy block is that it allows for really great fussy cutting and what I love about paper piecing is that it allows for accuracy when working on such a small scale.
I must admit I got a little carried away and finished a whole mini quilt this weekend…
You can find a pattern sheet for these blocks here….Miniature Economy Block and these mini blocks will join my mini log cabin and my mini flying geese patterns in the “Free paper piecing pattern” tab.
I must tell you I am not done yet with miniature patterns…but it is back to green stars next week…promise.
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