Paper Piecing Monday

For this week’s paper piecing Monday I have branched out and tried something a little different.

My darling husband bought me a fabulous book by Carol Doak – 50 Fabulous Paper Pieced Stars, which is full of amazing star patterns. So for this week I choose the Ohio Star pattern from the book and decided to use the little bits of scraps that had been accumulating from my previous blocks. This is a truly scrappy block.

The block uses two different triangle patterns to make up a quarter of the finished piece.

The back of the block looks like this…. please ignore the loose threads.

4Feb2013

Paper Piecing Monday Part 10

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday, Quilt patterns by wombatquilts

Wow I can not believe I am already ten posts into paper piecing Monday, and I am coming to the end of the wonderful patterns by Quilting on the Square. I have found some more patterns that I love and will be sharing in the coming weeks but for now we have another compass star.

As mentioned it is another Quilting on the Square pattern which you can download here block3wheeloffortune. If I was to do this block again I would make some different fabric choices. I love the background fabric but I think the two fabrics in the red border are not different enough (more contrast is needed). I must admit at times I have trouble envisioning how the block will come together and there have been quite a few stars that I would like to redo.

Happy quilting!

28Jan2013

Paper Piecing Monday

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Another week another pattern. This one drove me a little crazy, possibly because I was trying to finish it last night while also battling a cold. Not a good combination. Needless to say I was convinced that the block would not work and that paper piecing Monday was a stupid idea and that my sewing machine was out to get me. I was of course wrong on all fronts.

The pattern for this block can be found here block12celebration or at the Quilting on the Square site. It is another block that can be used to make a variety of very of different blocks, depending on how you interpret the pattern. Have some fun with it.

I must admit I could not have done this block, with all the drama of last night, without my newest quilting tool. My wonderful friend Lisa bought me an amazing surgical unpicker. It is one of those tools you do not realise you need until you have used it. Now I can not imagine life without out it.

It is a lethal wonder that is particularly great for paper piecing. Where standard tools struggle to deal with the close stitches you use when sewing a paper pattern, this little beauty just glides through them. The only thing you have to be careful of is accidentally cutting your fabric – I have not done this yet but imagine it will happen!

I am now off to cut some more fabric. I have decided the best way to deal with the fabric overflow is to make more quilts (and to shop less!).

21Jan2013

Paper Piecing Monday Part 8

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday, Quilt patterns by wombatquilts

Welcome to another Monday of paper piecing stars. Another week another red and aqua block for my star sampler.

This block is of course from Quilting on the Square’s collection. You can also download this pattern here block5kaleidoscope.

This is a really pretty block and I think it would be fun to play with the block pieces. What else can you do with this part of the block? I am definitely going to have to play with deconstructing this block, just for fun.

14Jan2013

Paper Piecing Monday

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday by wombatquilts

Today’s pattern is a fun one I think, and the one that looks most like a compass.

For the regulars you know the drill… the Quilting on the Sqaure pattern can be found here block10holidaycompass This block is a great one to add to your collection I think.

The block was easy to make, as again each piece is the same. I must admit I have a couple of blocks that I have started only to realise I have sewn the wrong colour in the wrong place, despite my expert colour coding system! A few of them I have unpicked and fixed and a few of them I had made such a mess I have abandoned them.