A heartfelt Paper Piecing Monday

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This week I decided to get into the Valentine spirit, despite my husband poo pooing the holiday at every turn. He strongly feels that it is a holiday that is purely about selling cards and flowers and chocolates. He feels just a little less negatively about Christmas and I ignore him then too!

So in honor the of the upcoming day of celebration…and to annoy my husband, I put together a little 3 inch love heart block…

The pattern for these darling little things can be found here….3 inch pp hearts. The pattern sheet has six of the heart patterns on it. After making my first heart I decided that one little heart was not enough for (1) annoying my husband and (2) making this a substantial Paper Piecing Monday, so I pulled some more fabric from my stash (the first block was done purely with scraps)….

and got to work making this….

Hopefully by the end of the week this will be a darling 18 inch cushion…which I may be allowed to put on our couch…

27Jan2015

Better late than never….

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Paper piecing Monday just did not happen yesterday. After spending 5 days celebrating Russian Christmas with friends at Hood River we got home late last night and I just could not get my act together enough to post. I blame the vodka, the lack of sleep and the rip snorting good time I had. So without further ado here is Paper Piecing Monday’s latest block…

I like the pointy light green spike behind the dark green star. I used the lightest greens for the background points so they almost fade into the sky….

I branched away from the triangle blocks this week and went with simple square components. You can find the free pattern here….Star petal I promise the PDF has a numbered pattern, unlike the one in the photograph! I once again blame the vodka!

19Jan2015

Swirling Star Paper piecing Monday

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Today’s block is a very simple block, is really easy to make but really effective…

Just twelve easy pieces and you get a fabulous twisting pin wheel star. I can definitely see a quilt made out of a larger version of this block… The free PDF pattern for this 8 inch star can be found here…swirling star

This is block 11, if I am counting right. I need to start thinking about what I want to do with these blocks and how many I need to make. Usually 12 blocks is enough but as these are smaller blocks I feel I need more… should I make a few more or move onto something else?

12Jan2015

A spikey little paper piecing Monday…

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Okay I had a bit of fun with this block…it is a pointy little number…

It is a little crest like a little star like…and it is uses the easy triangle format that I am a little addicted to at the moment.

This free 8 inch pattern involves only 28 pieces and you can down load the PDF here…Sharp Star.

Enjoy…

5Jan2015

Resuming the regular Paper Piecing Monday schedule…

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After a crazy few months Paper Piecing Monday is back on track. To help myself slowly get back on track I made a green version of one of my Starry Night blocks.

A twenty-four piece cute little thing. The free paper piecing pattern can be found here… Starry Night WQ block 2 and if you want to see my original version you can find it here.

This block uses four triangle pieces to make the completed 8 inch block. Last time I posted this pattern I had a couple of questions about how I put the block together… It is an easy process of sewing two of the triangle together along one side so you get a joined piece…

I then do the same thing with the other two pieces of the blocks…and then sew the two halves together. I find this makes aligning the center piece very easy.